California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 1073 — Pharmacy: prescription drug labels.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 784, Statutes of 2015.

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 27, 2015. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

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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

The Pharmacy Law provides for the licensure and regulation of pharmacists by the California State Board of Pharmacy. That law requires a pharmacist to dispense a prescription in a container that, among other things, is correctly labeled with the directions for use of the drug, and requires the board to promulgate regulations that require, on or before January 1, 2011, a standardized, patient-centered, prescription drug label on all prescription medicine dispensed to patients in California. Existing regulations of the board implement that requirement, establishing standardized directions for use to be used when applicable, and requiring that the board publish on its Internet Web site translation of those directions for use into at least 5 languages other than English. A violation of that law is a crime. This bill would require a pharmacist to use professional judgment to provide a patient with directions for use of a prescription that enhance the patient's understanding of those directions, consistent with the prescriber's instructions. The bill would also require a dispenser, excluding a veterinarian, upon the request of a patient or patient's representative, to provide translated directions for use as prescribed. The bill would authorize a dispenser to use translations made available by the board pursuant to those existing regulations. The bill would make a dispenser responsible for the accuracy of English-language directions for use provided to the patient. By imposing new requirements on dispensers, the violation of which would be a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The Pharmacy Law also provides for the licensure and regulation of veterinary food-animal drug retailers by the board. That law subjects to specific prescription drug labeling requirements any veterinary food-animal drug dispensed pursuant to a prescription from a licensed veterinarian for food-producing animals from a veterinary food-animal drug retailer pursuant to that law. This bill would also subject any veterinary food-animal drug so dispensed to the above drug labeling requirements relating to standardized directions for use. 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.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 784, Statutes of 2015.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3066.).

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2636.).

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

  11. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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

  13. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  14. Withdrawn from committee.

  15. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  16. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 6).

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

  18. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

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

  20. Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and JUD.

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

  22. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1438.)

  23. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  24. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 6).

  25. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  26. Read second time and amended.

  27. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 21).

  28. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

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

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

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

  32. Read first time.

  33. From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.

  34. Introduced. To print.

Sponsors

  • Ting · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Ting

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

3rd Reading AB1073 Ting By Hernandez

Passed 40 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 37000
Democratic 3000
Total 40000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Allen — Yea
Hall — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Runner — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Bates — Yea
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hill — Yea
Huff — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leno — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Liu — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

AB 1073 TING Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 80 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 71000
Democratic 4000
Republican 5000
Total 80000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Levine — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Brown — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Salas — Yea
Burke — Yea
Chang — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Achadjian — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Brough — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Harper — Yea
Kim — Yea
Linder — Yea
Low — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Perea — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Weber — Yea
Williams — Yea
Gray — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Campos — Yea
Daly — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Holden — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Wood — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

Official roll call →

AB 1073 TING Assembly Third Reading

Passed 76 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 67003
Democratic 4000
Republican 5001
Total 76004
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Brown — Yea
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Medina — Yea
Mullin — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Perea — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Daly — Yea
Burke — Yea
Campos — Yea
Salas — Yea
Chang — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Gray — Yea
Harper — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Levine — Yea
Linder — Yea
Low — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Mayes — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Chau — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Chu — Yea
Kim — Yea
Rendon — Not Voting
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Ting — Yea
Williams — Yea
Wood — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Beth Gaines — Not Voting
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Not Voting
Travis Allen — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Not Voting

Official roll call →

Do pass.

Passed 16 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13000
Democratic 2000
Republican 1001
Total 16001
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Chang — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Holden — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Daly — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Weber — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Not Voting
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

Official roll call →

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

Passed 14 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13000
Republican 1000
Total 14000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (14)
Member Party Vote
Baker — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Ting — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Campos — Yea
Chang — Yea
Holden — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Wood — Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 1073 do?
The Pharmacy Law provides for the licensure and regulation of pharmacists by the California State Board of Pharmacy. That law requires a pharmacist to dispense a prescription in a container that, among other things, is correctly labeled with the directions for use of the drug, and requires the board to promulgate regulations that require, on or before January 1, 2011, a standardized, patient-centered, prescription drug label on all prescription medicine dispensed to patients in California. Existing regulations of the board implement that requirement, establishing standardized directions for use to be used when applicable, and requiring that the board publish on its Internet Web site translation of those directions for use into at least 5 languages other than English. A violation of that law is a crime. This bill would require a pharmacist to use professional judgment to provide a patient with directions for use of a prescription that enhance the patient's understanding of those directions, consistent with the prescriber's instructions. The bill would also require a dispenser, excluding a veterinarian, upon the request of a patient or patient's representative, to provide translated directions for use as prescribed. The bill would authorize a dispenser to use translations made available by the board pursuant to those existing regulations. The bill would make a dispenser responsible for the accuracy of English-language directions for use provided to the patient. By imposing new requirements on dispensers, the violation of which would be a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The Pharmacy Law also provides for the licensure and regulation of veterinary food-animal drug retailers by the board. That law subjects to specific prescription drug labeling requirements any veterinary food-animal drug dispensed pursuant to a prescription from a licensed veterinarian for food-producing animals from a veterinary food-animal drug retailer pursuant to that law. This bill would also subject any veterinary food-animal drug so dispensed to the above drug labeling requirements relating to standardized directions for use. 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.
Who sponsors AB 1073?
AB 1073 is sponsored by Ting.
What is the current status of AB 1073?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 27, 2015. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 1073?
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