MA H1930

Bill

Providing for unused medication return by health care facilities

Introduced
01/22/2019

In Committee
01/22/2019

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

By Mr. Kafka of Stoughton, a petition of Louis L. Kafka and others that the Commissioner of the Department of Public Health be directed to establish regulations for the return to pharmacies of certain unused medication by health care facilities. Public Health.

AI Summary

This bill directs the Commissioner of the Department of Public Health to establish regulations requiring health care facilities to return unused, sealed, and unexpired medications (excluding Schedule I or II controlled substances) to the pharmacy where they were purchased. The regulations will allow the receiving pharmacies to restock and redistribute the returned medications, and they must reimburse or credit the purchaser for any such returned items.

Committee Categories

Health and Social Services

Sponsors (8)

Mike Barrett (D), Shawn Dooley (R), Thomas Golden (D), Jim Hawkins (D), Louis Kafka (D), Matt Muratore (R), Elizabeth Poirier (R), John Rogers (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see H4449 (on 02/24/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1930

(15 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1930
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1930.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1841	Instructing the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to study the feasibility of absorbing oversight of all “memory care” assisted living facilities and units in the Commonwealth	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Similar To
H193	Regulating body art	Accompanied S112	Similar To
H1967	Relative to emergency room procedure for prescribing or dispensing pain medication to certain persons on probation	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Similar To
H2241	Relative to the retirement benefits of certain employees of the Department of Public Health	Accompanied a study order, see H4722	Similar To
H4449	Public health matters	Reported, in part, by H1886	Replaced by
S1141	Relative to best practices for sober homes	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S1285	Relative to color coded patient wristbands	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S1311	Relative to radon testing	Accompanied a new draft, see S2696	Similar To
S1706	Relative to extending the wellness program tax credit	Accompanied a study order, see H5080	Similar To
S2192	Relative to gender identity on Massachusetts identification	New draft substituted, see S2203	Similar To
S2203	Relative to gender identity on Massachusetts identification	Reprinted as amended, see S2213	Similar To
S2213	Relative to gender identity on Massachusetts identification	Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
S235	Improving students' access to life saving treatments	Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session	Similar To
S2409	Relative to pharmaceutical access, costs and transparency	Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
S543	Reducing health care costs through improved medication management	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Similar To

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H1841

Instructing the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to study the feasibility of absorbing oversight of all “memory care” assisted living facilities and units in the Commonwealth

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Similar To

H193

Regulating body art

Accompanied S112

Similar To

H1967

Relative to emergency room procedure for prescribing or dispensing pain medication to certain persons on probation

Accompanied a study order, see H4449

Similar To

H2241

Relative to the retirement benefits of certain employees of the Department of Public Health

Accompanied a study order, see H4722

Similar To

H4449

Public health matters

Reported, in part, by H1886

Replaced by

S1141

Relative to best practices for sober homes

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Similar To

S1285

Relative to color coded patient wristbands

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Similar To

S1311

Relative to radon testing

Accompanied a new draft, see S2696

Similar To

S1706

Relative to extending the wellness program tax credit

Accompanied a study order, see H5080

Similar To

S2192

Relative to gender identity on Massachusetts identification

New draft substituted, see S2203

Similar To

S2203

Relative to gender identity on Massachusetts identification

Reprinted as amended, see S2213

Similar To

S2213

Relative to gender identity on Massachusetts identification

Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

Similar To

S235

Improving students' access to life saving treatments

Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session

Similar To

S2409

Relative to pharmaceutical access, costs and transparency

Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

Similar To

S543

Reducing health care costs through improved medication management

Accompanied a study order, see S2543

Similar To

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