HB423 Alabama 2010 Session

Under existing law, legend drugs dispensed to a patient at a hospital, nursing facility, assisted living facility, or hospice may be donated and transferred to charitable clinics to be used by charitable patients without charge if certain conditions are met

This bill would allow legend drugs to be dispensed by prescription but not administered to patients at certain health care facilities to be donated and transferred to charitable clinics under certain conditions; to authorize the drugs to be transferred in the same manner to charitable pharmacies, as defined, to be dispensed to charitable patients; and to further authorize samples given to physicians to be donated and transferred to charitable clinics and charitable pharmacies

To amend Sections 20-3-2 and 20-3-3 of the Code ofAlabama 1975, authorizing legend drugs dispensed byprescription to patients at certain health care facilities tobe donated and transferred to charitable clinics under certainconditions; to authorize the drugs to be transferred in thesame manner to charitable pharmacies, as defined, to bedispensed to charitable patients; and to further authorizesamples given to physicians to be donated and transferred tocharitable clinics and charitable pharmacies.