Expands the situations in which medications can be dispensed or delivered from hospitals and health care entities.

This bill amends existing laws to allow hospitals and health care entities to dispense or deliver legend drugs and controlled substances under specific conditions. It allows practitioners to prescribe prepackaged emergency medications to patients being discharged from hospital emergency departments when community or outpatient hospital pharmacy services are not available. The bill also sets criteria for the types of medications to be prepackaged, the training required for practitioners and nurses, and the maximum supply of emergency medication that can be dispensed.

Expands the situations in which medications can be dispensed or delivered from hospitals and health care entities.

This bill amends existing laws to allow hospitals and health care entities to dispense or deliver legend drugs and controlled substances under specific conditions. It allows practitioners to prescribe prepackaged emergency medications to patients being discharged from hospital emergency departments when community or outpatient hospital pharmacy services are not available. The bill also sets criteria for the types of medications to be prepackaged, the training required for practitioners and nurses, and the maximum supply of emergency medication that can be dispensed.