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This bill enacts the Jeff, Dave, and Angie Patient Right to Try Act, which establishes comprehensive guidelines for prescribing, dispensing, and administering drugs, with a particular focus on off-label use. The legislation provides detailed provisions for how healthcare professionals can prescribe drugs for uses not originally approved by the FDA, requiring informed consent from patients or their personal representatives, which includes explaining the patient's diagnosis, potential risks and benefits, and any financial conflicts of interest. The bill protects healthcare providers from professional discipline when prescribing off-label drugs in good faith, mandates that pharmacists and hospitals facilitate drug access under specific conditions, and ensures patients have the right to try medications not typically covered by insurance by allowing out-of-pocket payments. The law also protects healthcare professionals' free speech rights regarding medical interventions and prevents licensing boards from pursuing disciplinary action against providers for prescribing off-label drugs, except in cases of recklessness or gross negligence. However, the bill explicitly excludes certain categories of drugs from its provisions, such as controlled substances, drugs with specific FDA risk mitigation strategies, cross-sex hormones, abortifacients, and drugs intended for euthanasia. The act is named after Jeff, Dave, and Angie, though the specific significance of these names is not explained in the text.

Health and Social Services

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/136/hb12