Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB794: Revise pharmacy laws
Status: Signed into law, May 19, 2025
What the bill says
An act generally revising pharmacy laws; updating and clarifying definitions; revising the definition of a pharmacy technician; removing the utilization plan requirement for in-state pharmacies and out-of-state mail order pharmacies; clarifying the powers and duties of the board of pharmacy; providing rulemaking authority; requiring an endorsement to practice as a clinical pharmacist practitioner; removing outdated notification practices regarding biosimilar product selection; removing outdated generic drug signage requirements; clarifying pharmacy wholesale distribution licenses…
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT GENERALLY REVISING PHARMACY LAWS; UPDATING AND CLARIFYING DEFINITIONS; REVISING THE DEFINITION OF A PHARMACY TECHNICIAN; REMOVING THE UTILIZATION PLAN REQUIREMENT FOR IN-STATE PHARMACIES AND OUT-OF-STATE MAIL ORDER PHARMACIES; CLARIFYING THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD OF PHARMACY; PROVIDING RULEMAKING AUTHORITY; REQUIRING AN ENDORSEMENT TO PRACTICE AS A CLINICAL PHARMACIST PRACTITIONER; REMOVING OUTDATED NOTIFICATION PRACTICES REGARDING BIOSIMILAR PRODUCT SELECTION; REMOVING OUTDATED GENERIC DRUG SIGNAGE REQUIREMENTS; CLARIFYING PHARMACY WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTION LICENSES; AMENDING SECTIONS 2-18-704, 377-101, 37-7-105, 37-7-201, 37-7-301, 37-7-306, 37-7-502, 37-7-505, 37-7-601, 37-7-602, 37-7-603, 37-7-604, 37-7-701, 37-7-702, 37-7-703, 37-7-704, 37-7-705, 37-7-706, 39-71-727, AND 53-6-1002, MCA; AND REPEALING SECTIONS 37-7-307, 37-7-308, 37-7-309 AND 37-7-506, MCA. Section 1. Section 2-18-704, MCA, is amended to read: "2-18-704. Mandatory provisions. (1) An insurance contract or plan issued under this part must contain provisions that permit: (a) the member of a group who retires from active service under the appropriate retirement provisions of a defined benefit plan provided by law or, in the case of the defined contribution plan provided in Title 19, chapter 3, part 21, a member with at least 5 years of service and who is at least age 50 while in covered employment to remain a member of the group until the member becomes eligible for medicare under the federal Health Insurance for the Aged Act, 42 U.S.C. 1395, unless …