AB 486 — Centralized hospital packaging pharmacies: medication labels.

Summary

The Pharmacy Law provides for the licensure and regulation of pharmacies, including hospital pharmacies, by the California State Board of Pharmacy, and makes a knowing violation of that law a crime. Existing law authorizes a centralized hospital packaging pharmacy to prepare medications for administration to inpatients within its own general acute care hospital or certain other commonly owned hospitals. Existing law requires that these medications be barcoded to be readable at the inpatient's bedside in order to retrieve certain information, including, but not limited to, the date that the medication was prepared and the components used in the drug product. This bill would require that this information be displayed on a human-readable unit-dose label, and that the information be retrievable by the pharmacist using the medication lot number or control number. This bill would require that the medication's barcode be machine readable, using medication administration software, and that the software compare the information contained in the barcode to the electronic medical record of the inpatient in order to verify that the medication to be given is the correct medication, dosage, and route of administration for that patient. Because a knowing violation of these provisions would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Bill Text

• Chaptered 09/02/15 - Chaptered Current pdf September 02, 2015
• Enrolled 08/19/15 - Enrolled pdf August 19, 2015
• Introduced 02/23/15 - Introduced pdf February 23, 2015
• AB486 View text html

Action History

1. September 02, 2015

   Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 241, Statutes of 2015.

2. September 02, 2015

   Approved by the Governor.

3. August 24, 2015

   Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.

4. August 18, 2015

   In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

5. August 17, 2015

   Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2049.).

6. June 23, 2015

   Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

7. June 22, 2015

   From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

8. June 08, 2015

   From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

9. May 28, 2015

   Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D.

10. May 14, 2015

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

11. May 14, 2015

    Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1447.).

12. May 07, 2015

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

13. May 06, 2015

    From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 6).

14. April 29, 2015

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

15. April 22, 2015

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.

16. April 14, 2015

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

17. March 05, 2015

    Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and B. & P.

18. February 24, 2015

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.

19. February 23, 2015

    Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

• Bonilla · Primary

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