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2002 SESSION

01-2052

01/09

HOUSE BILL 1159

COMMITTEE: Commerce

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill authorizes pharmacies, including mail-order pharmacies, to substitute generically equivalent drugs for legend and non-legend drugs unless the prescribing practitioner specifies that the brand name drug is medically necessary.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

6mar02...2591h

01-2052

01/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Two

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

123:1 New Section; Pharmacies May Substitute Generic Drugs. Amend RSA 318 by inserting after section 47-c the following new section:

318:47-d Pharmacies; Substituting Generic Drugs. Pharmacies, including mail-order pharmacies, may substitute generically equivalent drug products for all legend and non-legend prescriptions unless the prescribing practitioner specifies that the brand name drug product is medically necessary.

123:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2003.

(Approved: May 8, 2002)

(Effective Date: January 1, 2003)