S 2378 - Authorizes the Rhode Island Department of Health to Allow a Patients Medicine to be Transferred to Different Pharmacies - Rhode Island Key Vote
Timeline
- Executive Signed
- June 17, 2024
- House Concurrence Vote Passed
- June 11, 2024
- Senate Bill Passed
- May 23, 2024
- Introduced
- Feb. 12, 2024
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Title: Authorizes the Rhode Island Department of Health to Allow a Patients Medicine to be Transferred to Different Pharmacies
Signed by Governor Dan McKee
Title: Authorizes the Rhode Island Department of Health to Allow a Patients Medicine to be Transferred to Different Pharmacies
Title: Authorizes the Rhode Island Department of Health to Allow a Patients Medicine to be Transferred to Different Pharmacies
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that authorizes the Rhode Island Department of Health to adopt a new federal rule that allows patients to request their medicine be transferred from one pharmacy to another.
Highlights:
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Authorizes the Rhode Island Department of Health to adopt a new federal rule that allows patients to request their medicine be transferred from one pharmacy to another in the state beginning January 1, 2025 (Sec. 1).
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Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor (Sec. 2).
Title: Authorizes the Rhode Island Department of Health to Allow a Patients Medicine to be Transferred to Different Pharmacies