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NJ S390
NJ S390Requires all prescriptions be transmitted electronically, subject to certain exceptions.
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Introduced
01/14/2020
01/14/2020
In Committee
12/07/2020
12/07/2020
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
01/11/2022
01/11/2022
Introduced Session
2020-2021 Regular Session
Bill Summary
This bill requires that every prescription for a controlled dangerous substance, prescription legend drug, or other prescription item be transmitted electronically using an electronic health records system. This requirement will take effect one year after the date of enactment. The electronic prescription requirement will not apply to: a veterinarian; a practitioner administering a prescription drug or item directly to a patient; a practitioner prescribing a drug or item to be dispensed by an institutional pharmacy or to a patient in hospice care; a situation in which the electronic prescribing system is not operational or is temporarily inaccessible; a situation in which the patient requests the prescription be transmitted to a pharmacy that is unable to receive and process electronic prescriptions; or a practitioner who has been granted a waiver due to technological limitations or other exceptional circumstances. A prescription that is subject to an exception would be issued on a New Jersey Prescription Blank or in such other manner as may be authorized by the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety. The bill revises various provisions of the statutory law to reflect the mandatory electronic prescribing requirement.
AI Summary
This bill requires that every prescription for a controlled dangerous substance, prescription legend drug, or other prescription item be transmitted electronically using an electronic health records system, subject to certain exceptions. The electronic prescription requirement will not apply to veterinarians, practitioners administering prescriptions directly to patients, prescriptions for institutional pharmacies or hospice patients, situations where the electronic prescribing system is not operational or accessible, patients requesting prescriptions be sent to pharmacies unable to receive electronic prescriptions, or practitioners granted a waiver due to technological limitations or other exceptional circumstances. Prescriptions that are exempt from the electronic requirement must be issued on a New Jersey Prescription Blank or in another manner authorized by the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs. The bill also makes various revisions to existing statutory provisions to reflect the mandatory electronic prescribing requirement.
Committee Categories
Health and Social Services
Sponsors (2)
Last Action
Reported from Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading (on 12/07/2020)
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