(1) Under the Pharmacy Law, a violation of which is a crime, the California State Board of Pharmacy licenses and regulates the practice of pharmacy. Existing law restricts the purchase, trade, sale, or transfer of dangerous drugs or dangerous devices, as defined, to licensed wholesalers and other authorized persons. Under the Pharmacy Law, the board licenses and regulates entities, including third-party logistics providers, as wholesalers. The Pharmacy Law defines a "third-party logistics provider" or a "reverse third-party logistics provider" as an entity licensed as a wholesaler that contracts with a dangerous drug manufacturer to provide or coordinate warehousing, distribution, or other similar services on behalf of a manufacturer, but for which there is no change of ownership in the dangerous drugs. Existing law requires a wholesaler to have a pharmacist or designated representative on its premises and to be supervised or managed by a designated representative-in-charge. Existing law requires a separate license for each place of business owned or operated by a wholesaler. Existing law also requires a wholesaler to submit a surety bond of $100,000 payable to a specified fund of the board to secure payment of any administrative fine imposed by the board. Existing law, the federal Drug Supply Chain Security Act, prohibits a third-party logistics provider, as defined, from conducting any activities in a state unless each facility of the provider is licensed by the state from which drugs are distributed by the provider in accordance with regulations to be promulgated by the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
California AB 2605 (20132014) — Pharmacy: third-party logistics providers.
(1) Under the Pharmacy Law, a violation of which is a crime, the California State Board of Pharmacy licenses and regulates the practice of pharmacy. Existing law restricts the purchase, trade, sale, or transfer of dangerous drugs or dangerous devices, as defined, to licensed wholesalers and other authorized persons. Under the Pharmacy Law, the board licenses and regulates entities, including third-party logistics providers, as wholesalers. The Pharmacy Law defines a "third-party logistics provider" or a "reverse third-party logistics provider" as an entity licensed as a wholesaler that contracts with a dangerous drug manufacturer to provide or coordinate warehousing, distribution, or other similar services on behalf of a manufacturer, but for which there is no change of ownership in the dangerous drugs. Existing law requires a wholesaler to have a pharmacist or designated representative on its premises and to be supervised or managed by a designated representative-in-charge. Existing law requires a separate license for each place of business owned or operated by a wholesaler. Existing law also requires a wholesaler to submit a surety bond of $100,000 payable to a specified fund of the board to secure payment of any administrative fine imposed by the board. Existing law, the federal Drug Supply Chain Security Act, prohibits a third-party logistics provider, as defined, from conducting any activities in a state unless each facility of the provider is licensed by the state from which drugs are distributed by the provider in accordance with regulations to be promulgated by the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Bonilla — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2014-02-21 Introduced. To print. introduction
2014-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
2014-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
2014-03-17 Referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. referral-committee
2014-03-18 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2014-03-19 Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. referral-committee
2014-04-23 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2014-04-24 Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. referral-committee
2014-05-01 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2014-05-05 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2014-05-06 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2014-05-14 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2014-05-15 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2014-05-23 From consent calendar.
2014-05-23 Ordered to third reading.
2014-05-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 5165.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-05-27 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2014-06-05 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
2014-06-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2014-06-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2014-08-05 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 4). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2014-08-06 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2014-08-22 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2014-08-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-08-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4860.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-08-26 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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