2024 Regular Session • West Virginia Legislature
HB5229: To require a new written, phoned, or e-mail prescription order within 72 hours of a prescription change
Legislative Summary
The purpose of this bill is to require that all prescribers of medications document any change of instructions to a patient and inform the patient's pharmacy of such changes.
Bill History
1/26/2024
Filed for introduction
House of Delegates
1/26/2024
To Health and Human Resources
House of Delegates
1/26/2024
Introduced in House
House of Delegates
1/26/2024
To House Health and Human Resources
House of Delegates
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(1/26/2024)
Chamber
House of Delegates
Committee
Health & Human Resources(House of Delegates)
Sine Die
Sponsors
Democrat: 1
Primary Sponsor
Rickey Griffith
Democrat