SENIOR SENATE PROPOSAL NO. 19

INTRODUCED BY SENIOR SENATOR ORANGE

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SP 19: PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION LABELS.

EXISTING LAW REQUIRES ANY CONTAINER AND LABEL ON A PRESCRIPTION DISPENSED BY A PHARMACIST TO INCLUDE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE CONDITION FOR WHICH THE DRUG WAS PRESCRIBED, IF REQUESTED BY THE PATIENT AND IF THE CONDITION IS INDICATED ON THE PRESCRIPTION, AS SPECIFIED.

THIS MEASURE WOULD MEMORIALIZE THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR TO ENACT LEGISLATION THAT WOULD RECOMMEND THAT DOCTORS INFORM PHARMACIES OF THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH A MEDICATION IS PRESCRIBED AND THAT THE PHARMACY LIST THAT INFORMATION ON THE PRESCRIPTION LABEL.

VOTE: MAJORITY.

SP 19: RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION LABELS

WHEREAS, TO INCREASE THE SAFETY OF PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS, THE DOCTOR PRESCRIBING A MEDICINE SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO BRIEFLY STATE THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH THE MEDICINE IS BEING PRESCRIBED, AND THIS INFORMATION SHOULD BE PLACED ON THE PRESCRIPTION LABEL; AND

WHEREAS, IT IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO TAKE MULTIPLE MEDICATIONS, TO BETTER MONITOR THE USE OF A PARTICULAR MEDICATION; AND

WHEREAS, IT IS NECESSARY TO MAKE IT EASY FOR FAMILY MEMBERS OR CAREGIVERS TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION DURING AN EMERGENCY SITUATION; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT

RESOLVED, BY THE SENIOR SENATE AND THE SENIOR ASSEMBLY, JOINTLY, THAT THE SENIOR LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AT ITS 2008 REGULAR SESSION, A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS VOTING THEREFOR, HEREBY PROPOSES THAT LEGISLATION BE ENACTED TO RECOMMEND THAT DOCTORS INFORM PHARMACIES OF THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH A MEDICATION IS PRESCRIBED AND THAT THE PHARMACIES LIST THAT INFORMATION ON EACH PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION LABEL; AND BE IT FURTHER

RESOLVED, THAT THE SENIOR LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA RESPECTFULLY MEMORIALIZES THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO ENACT APPROPRIATE LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ADDRESS THE CONCERNS SET FORTH IN THIS MEASURE; AND BE IT FURTHER

RESOLVED, THAT A COPY OF THIS MEASURE BE TRANSMITTED TO THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, AND THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

RN 08 22164

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