Arizona 53rd Legislature - 1st Regular Session Status: Enacted

HB 2493 — drug overdose; review team; confidentiality

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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 09, 2017. Enacted.

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  • 1 sponsor

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

48 added · 42 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent amendment to Bill HB 2493 includes some clarifications around the prescription and dispensing of naloxone, an emergency medication used to counteract opioid overdoses. Now, pharmacists can dispense naloxone without a prescription under a "standing order," which allows for quicker access to this lifesaving drug for individuals at risk of overdose or their family members. This change is significant because it aims to improve public health responses to the opioid crisis by making it easier for people to obtain naloxone in emergencies.

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HB2493 - 531R - S Ver       Senate Engrossed House Bill         State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-third Legislature First Regular Session     HOUSE BILL 2493       AN ACT   amending sections 32‑1968 and 32‑1979, Arizona Revised Statutes;
Chapter 0234 - 531R - S Ver of HB2493       Senate Engrossed House Bill         State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-third Legislature First Regular Session       CHAPTER   HOUSE BILL 2493     AN ACT   amending sections 32‑1968 and 32‑1979, Arizona Revised Statutes;
D.  Any drug dispensed in accordance with subsection A of this section is exempt from the requirements of section 32‑1967, except section 32‑1967, subsection A, paragraphs 1, 10 and 11 and the packaging requirements of section 32‑1967, subsection A, paragraphs 7 and 8, if the drug container bears a label containing the name and address of the dispenser, the serial number, the date of dispensing, the name of the prescriber, the name of the patient, or, if an animal, the name of the owner of the animal and the species of the animal, directions for use and cautionary statements, if any, contained in the order.  This exemption does not apply to any drug dispensed in the course of the conduct of a business of dispensing drugs pursuant to diagnosis by mail or the internet or to a drug dispensed in violation of subsection A of this section.
D.  Any drug dispensed in accordance with subsection A of this section is exempt from the requirements of section 32‑1967, except section 32‑1967, subsection A, paragraphs 1, 10 and and the packaging requirements of section 32‑1967, subsection A, paragraphs 7 and 8, if the drug container bears a label containing the name and address of the dispenser, the serial number, the date of dispensing, the name of the prescriber, the name of the patient, or, if an animal, the name of the owner of the animal and the species of the animal, directions for use and cautionary statements, if any, contained in the order.  This exemption does not apply to any drug dispensed in the course of the conduct of a business of dispensing drugs pursuant to diagnosis by mail or the internet or to a drug dispensed in violation of subsection A of this section.
      APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR MAY 1, 2017.
  FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE MAY 1, 2017.
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Action History

  1. signed by governor

  2. transmit to governor

  3. passed

  4. transmit to house

  5. passed

  6. senate second reading

  7. senate first reading

  8. transmit to senate

  9. passed

  10. house second reading

  11. house first reading.

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Co-sponsors (0)

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Not signed on (92)

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Who sponsors HB 2493?
HB 2493 is sponsored by Heather Carter.
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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 09, 2017. Enacted.
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