The House Health and Human Resources Committee met this afternoon to consider five bills, all of which advanced.
House Bill 4257 states that during a declared public health state of emergency for a contagious disease, a health care facility shall permit visitation for a patient as soon as the patient is stable.
House Bill 4324 updates collaborative pharmacy practice agreements.
House Bill 4263 prohibits white bagging, which is when health insurance providers do not allow physicians to prescribe and administer a specialty drug. It requires a third-party pharmacy to be involved in providing the medication to the physician then it can be administered to the patient. Another term presented is brown bagging which is when medication is given to the patient, but it must be provided to the physician must administer it.
House Bill 2817 creates the Donated Drug Repository Program administered by the WV Board of Pharmacy. The bill establishes how the drugs are to be received, handled, stored, dispensed, distributed, and disposed of.
House Bill 4340 requires the state medical examiner to cooperate with procurement organizations to recover anatomical gifts for the transplantation, therapy, research, or education. It authorizes the state’s chief medical examiner to enter into contracts and agreements with procurement organizations when necessary to increase the opportunity of the efficient and economical recovery of anatomical gifts.
