PROVIDED SUMMARY
Consultant Pharmacists ; Revises definition of "health care facility"; authorizes consultant pharmacists to provide medication management services in clinics owned by hospital or by one or more physicians who are employed by or contracted with hospital.
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Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATED
Lets consultant pharmacists serve hospital-owned and hospital-affiliated clinics.
Adds a new type of facility to the list of places a consultant pharmacist may provide medication management services: health care clinics owned by a hospital, or owned by physicians employed by or under contract with a hospital.
The existing list already covers hospitals, treatment centers, hospices, nursing homes, ambulatory care centers, and continuing care facilities; this hospital-owned clinic category is the only addition.
KEY PROVISIONS
§ 1
Adds hospital-owned clinics to the covered facility list
moderates. 465.0125
AIThe definition of a health care facility for consultant pharmacist services now includes a health care clinic owned by a hospital, or owned by physicians employed by or contracted with a hospital.
“a health care clinic that is owned by a hospital or by one or more physicians that are employed by or contracted with a hospital.”
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TIMELINE
3/4/2026
Referred to Rules
3/4/2026
CS passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 0
3/4/2026
Added to Third Reading Calendar
2/26/2026
Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/4/2026)
2/18/2026
Added to Second Reading Calendar
2/18/2026
Bill released to House Calendar
2/18/2026
Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
2/18/2026
Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee (Amended)
2/16/2026
Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
2/16/2026
Now in Health & Human Services Committee
2/16/2026
Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
2/13/2026
1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
2/13/2026
Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
2/13/2026
Reported out of Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee
2/12/2026
Favorable with CS by Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee
2/10/2026
PCS added to Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee agenda
1/15/2026
Now in Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee
1/15/2026
Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
1/15/2026
Referred to Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee
1/13/2026
1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
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