BILL ANALYSIS
AB 2077
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CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
AB 2077 (Solorio)
As Amended August 20, 2010
Majority vote
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|ASSEMBLY: |68-5 |(May 13, 2010) |SENATE: |35-0 |(August 24, |
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Original Committee Reference: B.,P. & C.P.
SUMMARY : Permits a hospital pharmacy to compound or repackage
drugs for other hospitals and pharmacies under common ownership.
The Senate amendments :
1)Require any unit-dose medication produced by a hospital
pharmacy under common ownership, as specified, to be bar-coded
and readable at the patient's bedside.
2)Permit a hospital pharmacy to prepare and store a limited
quantity of unit-dose medications in advance of receipt of a
patient-specific prescription in a quantity as is necessary to
ensure continuity of care for an identified population of
patients of the hospital based on a documented history of
prescriptions for that patient population.
3)Require a hospital pharmacy, hospital, or pharmacist to comply
with all applicable federal and state laws.
4)Require a pharmacy compounding or repackaging a drug to notify
the Board of Pharmacy (BOP) in writing of the location where
the compounding or repackaging is being performed within 30
days of initiating the compounding or repackaging. The
pharmacy shall report any change in that information to the
board in writing within 30 days of the change.
5)Specify that a hospital pharmacy that is not on the same
premises be located within a 100 mile radius of the hospital
regulated under a hospital's license.
EXISTING LAW :
AB 2077
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1)Provides for the licensure and regulation of pharmacies,
including hospital pharmacies, by the BOP.
2)Prohibits the operation of a pharmacy without a license, and
requires a separate license for each pharmacy location.
3)Restricts a hospital pharmacy to providing pharmaceutical
services to registered hospital patients on the premises of
the same physical plant in which the pharmacy is located.
4)Provides that a knowing violation of the Pharmacy Law is a
crime.
AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY , this bill was substantially similar
to the version approved by the Senate.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Senate Appropriations Committee
analysis:
Fiscal Impact (in thousands)
Major Provisions 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 Fund
Hospital pharmacy Up to $455*Up to $837 Up to
$837Special**
inspections Minor, absorbable costs***
Special****
* Department of Public Health estimate
**Department of Public Health Licensing & Certification Program
Fund (4265-3098)
***Board of Pharmacy estimate
****Pharmacy Board Contingent Fund
Analysis Prepared by : Sarah Weaver / B.,P. & C.P. / (916)
319-3301
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