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House
File
183
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
183
BY
CROKEN
,
LEVIN
,
BAGNIEWSKI
,
GOSA
,
AMOS
JR.
,
McBURNEY
,
KURTH
,
WICHTENDAHL
,
WILSON
,
and
MATSON
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
ordering,
administering,
and
dispensing
1
of
point-of-care
HIV-related
tests
and
prophylaxis
drugs
by
2
a
pharmacist.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
155A.46,
subsection
2,
Code
2025,
is
1
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
2
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
0d.
(1)
A
pharmacist
may,
pursuant
to
3
statewide
protocols
developed
by
the
board
in
consultation
with
4
the
department
of
health
and
human
services
and
consistent
with
5
subsection
3,
do
all
of
the
following:
6
(a)
Order
and
administer
point-of-care
HIV-related
tests.
7
(b)
Order
and
administer
or
dispense
HIV
pre-exposure
8
prophylaxis
or
HIV
post-exposure
prophylaxis.
9
(2)
Notwithstanding
any
provision
of
a
health
benefit
plan
10
to
the
contrary,
if
a
health
benefit
plan
provides
for
payment
11
or
reimbursement
for
a
service
that
is
within
the
lawful
scope
12
of
practice
of
a
practitioner
or
a
pharmacist,
and
a
service
13
is
provided
by
a
pharmacist
pursuant
to
a
statewide
protocol
14
under
this
paragraph,
the
health
carrier
that
issued
the
health
15
benefit
plan
shall
provide
payment
or
reimbursement
for
the
16
service.
17
(3)
For
the
purposes
of
this
paragraph:
18
(a)
“Health
benefit
plan”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
19
section
514J.102.
20
(b)
“Health
carrier”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
section
21
514J.102.
22
(c)
“HIV”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
section
141A.1.
23
(d)
“HIV-related
test”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
section
24
141A.1.
25
EXPLANATION
26
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
27
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
28
This
bill
relates
to
the
ordering,
administering,
and
29
dispensing
of
point-of-care
HIV-related
tests
and
prophylaxis
30
drugs
by
a
pharmacist.
31
The
bill
provides
that
in
accordance
with
statewide
32
protocols
developed
by
the
board
of
pharmacy
in
consultation
33
with
the
department
of
health
and
human
services,
a
pharmacist
34
may
order
and
administer
a
point-of-care
HIV-related
test
and
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order,
administer,
or
dispense
HIV
pre-exposure
prophylaxis
or
1
HIV
post-exposure
prophylaxis.
2
The
bill
requires
a
health
benefit
plan
that
provides
for
3
payment
or
reimbursement
for
a
service
that
is
within
the
4
lawful
scope
of
practice
of
a
practitioner
or
a
pharmacist
to
5
provide
payment
or
reimbursement
for
a
service
when
the
service
6
is
provided
by
a
pharmacist
pursuant
to
a
statewide
protocol
7
under
the
bill.
8
The
bill
provides
definitions
of
terms
used
in
the
bill
9
including
“health
benefit
plan”,
“health
carrier”,
“HIV”,
and
10
“HIV-related
test”.
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