California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 2789 — Health care practitioners: prescriptions: electronic data transmission.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 438, Statutes of 2018.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 16, 2018. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 6 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law provides for the regulation of health care practitioners and requires prescription drugs to be ordered and dispensed in accordance with the Pharmacy Law. The Pharmacy Law provides that a prescription is an oral, written, or electronic data transmission order and requires electronic data transmission prescriptions to be transmitted and processed in accordance with specified requirements. This bill, on and after January 1, 2022, would require health care practitioners authorized to issue prescriptions to have the capability to transmit electronic data transmission prescriptions, and would require pharmacies to have the capability to receive those transmissions. The bill would require those health care practitioners to issue prescriptions as an electronic data transmission prescription, unless specified exceptions are met. The bill would not require the pharmacy to verify that a written, oral, or faxed prescription satisfies the specified exemptions. The bill would require the pharmacy receiving the electronic data transmission prescription to immediately notify the prescriber if the electronic data transmission prescription fails, is incomplete, or is otherwise not appropriately received. The bill would require the pharmacy to transfer or forward the prescription to another pharmacy at the request of the patient, as specified. The bill would exempt from these provisions a health care practitioner, pharmacist, or pharmacy when providing health care services to specified individuals under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The bill would require that a health care practitioner, pharmacist, or pharmacy who fails to meet the applicable requirements imposed by this bill be referred to the appropriate state professional licensing board solely for administrative sanctions, as provided.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 438, Statutes of 2018.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

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

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 70. Noes 3. Page 6639.).

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 1. Page 5515.).

  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  8. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  9. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  10. From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

  11. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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

  13. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  14. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (June 18).

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

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

  17. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 2. Page 4938.)

  18. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  19. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 2.) (April 25).

  20. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  21. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.

  22. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended.

  23. Referred to Com. on B. & P.

  24. From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.

  25. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Wood · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 1 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Wood

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

AB 2789 WOOD Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 70 Yea · 3 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 50305
Democratic 16000
Republican 4002
Total 70307
% of votes cast 88%4%0%9%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Not Voting
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Not Voting
McCarty — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Voepel — Nay
Weber — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Burke — Yea
Chau — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Chu — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Salas — Yea
Holden — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Gray — Yea
Kamlager-Dove — Yea
Levine — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Rivas — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Ting — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Wood — Yea
Harper — Nay
Fong — Not Voting
O'Donnell — Yea
Cooper — Not Voting
Steinorth — Yea
Daly — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Nay
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Not Voting
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Not Voting
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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3rd Reading AB2789 Wood By Hill

Passed 37 Yea · 1 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 32102
Democratic 5000
Total 37102
% of votes cast 93%3%0%5%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Pan — Not Voting
Roth — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Chang — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Fuller — Nay
Delgado — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Lara — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Allen — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Beall — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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AB 2789 WOOD Assembly Third Reading

Passed 61 Yea · 2 Nay · 15 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 46209
Democratic 14001
Republican 1005
Total 612015
% of votes cast 78%3%0%19%
How each member voted (78)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Not Voting
Levine — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Medina — Not Voting
Obernolte — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Voepel — Not Voting
Gray — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Low — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Chau — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Salas — Yea
Ting — Yea
Chu — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Burke — Yea
Fong — Not Voting
Friedman — Yea
Harper — Nay
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Kamlager-Dove — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Mayes — Not Voting
McCarty — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Bigelow — Not Voting
Chiu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooper — Not Voting
Waldron — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Daly — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Not Voting
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Nay
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Not Voting
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Not Voting
Choi, Steven S. Republican Not Voting
Dahle, Megan Republican Not Voting
Flora, Heath Republican Not Voting
Gallagher, James Republican Not Voting
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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Do pass.

Passed 13 Yea · 2 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 10201
Democratic 3000
Republican 0001
Total 13202
% of votes cast 76%12%0%12%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Nay
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Nay
Quirk — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Chau — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Fong — Not Voting
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Not Voting

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Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

Passed 10 Yea · 1 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7103
Democratic 3001
Republican 0001
Total 10105
% of votes cast 63%6%0%31%
How each member voted (16)
Member Party Vote
Baker — Not Voting
Brough — Nay
Eggman — Yea
Cunningham — Not Voting
Holden — Yea
Fong — Not Voting
Bloom — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Low — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Ting — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Not Voting
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Not Voting

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 2789 do?
Existing law provides for the regulation of health care practitioners and requires prescription drugs to be ordered and dispensed in accordance with the Pharmacy Law. The Pharmacy Law provides that a prescription is an oral, written, or electronic data transmission order and requires electronic data transmission prescriptions to be transmitted and processed in accordance with specified requirements. This bill, on and after January 1, 2022, would require health care practitioners authorized to issue prescriptions to have the capability to transmit electronic data transmission prescriptions, and would require pharmacies to have the capability to receive those transmissions. The bill would require those health care practitioners to issue prescriptions as an electronic data transmission prescription, unless specified exceptions are met. The bill would not require the pharmacy to verify that a written, oral, or faxed prescription satisfies the specified exemptions. The bill would require the pharmacy receiving the electronic data transmission prescription to immediately notify the prescriber if the electronic data transmission prescription fails, is incomplete, or is otherwise not appropriately received. The bill would require the pharmacy to transfer or forward the prescription to another pharmacy at the request of the patient, as specified. The bill would exempt from these provisions a health care practitioner, pharmacist, or pharmacy when providing health care services to specified individuals under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The bill would require that a health care practitioner, pharmacist, or pharmacy who fails to meet the applicable requirements imposed by this bill be referred to the appropriate state professional licensing board solely for administrative sanctions, as provided.
Who sponsors AB 2789?
AB 2789 is sponsored by Wood.
What is the current status of AB 2789?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 16, 2018. Enacted.
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