CaliforniaPharmacists: furnishing contraceptives.
What it does
Existing law, the Pharmacy Law, establishes in the Department of Consumer Affairs the California State Board of Pharmacy to license and regulate the practice of pharmacy. Exiting law requires a pharmacist, when furnishing self-administered hormonal contraceptives, to follow specified standardized procedures or protocols developed and approved by both the board and the Medical Board of California in consultation with the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the California Pharmacists Association, and other appropriate entities. Existing law requires those standardized procedures or protocols to require that the patient use a self-screening tool that will identify related patient risk factors and that require the pharmacist to refer the patient for appropriate followup care, as specified.
More detail
Existing law requires the pharmacist to provide the recipient of the drug with a standardized factsheet that includes the indications and contraindications for use of the drug, the appropriate method for using the drug, the need for medical followup, and other appropriate information. Existing law authorizes a pharmacist furnishing an FDA-approved, self-administered hormonal contraceptive pursuant to the above-described protocols to furnish, at the patient's request, up to a 12-month supply at one time.
This bill would limit the application of those requirements to self-administered hormonal contraceptives that are prescription-only, and would authorize a pharmacist to furnish over-the-counter contraceptives without following those standardized procedures or protocols. The bill would additionally authorize a pharmacist to furnish up to a 12-month supply at one time of over-the-counter contraceptives at the patient's request. The bill would make related conforming changes.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
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- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Sep 26Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 135, Statutes of 2025.Latest
- Sep 26Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Sep 15Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.To Governor
- Sep 8In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.Minor
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading AB50 Bonta By Ashby Urgency Clause. Result: pass.Upper
- Sep 8Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2579.).Passed Senate
- Jun 24Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Jun 23From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.Minor
- Jun 9From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Upper
- May 7Referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.Minor
- Apr 29In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.Minor
- Apr 28Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1316.).Passed Assembly
- Vote recorded AB 50 Bonta Third Reading Urgency. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 24Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Apr 23From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 23).Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 7Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.Minor
- Apr 3Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.Minor
- Apr 2Read second time and amended.Major
- Apr 1From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 1).Major
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Health]. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 18Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and HEALTH.Minor
- 2024
- Dec 3From printer. May be heard in committee January 2.
- Dec 2Read first time. To print.Introduced