Pharmacy: emergency medical services automated drug delivery system.
Existing law, the Pharmacy Law, provides for the licensing and regulation of the practice of pharmacy by the California State Board of Pharmacy, which is within the Department of Consumer Affairs, and makes any violation of the Pharmacy Law punishable as a crime. Existing law authorizes a pharmacy to furnish a dangerous drug or a dangerous device to a licensed health care facility for storage in a secured emergency pharmaceutical supplies container maintained within the facility or to an approved service provider within an emergency medical services system for storage in a secured emergency pharmaceutical supplies container if certain policies and procedures are met.
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SB 443
California SB 443 (20172018)
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Pharmacy: emergency medical services automated drug delivery system.
California SB 443 (20172018) — Pharmacy: emergency medical services automated drug delivery system.
Existing law, the Pharmacy Law, provides for the licensing and regulation of the practice of pharmacy by the California State Board of Pharmacy, which is within the Department of Consumer Affairs, and makes any violation of the Pharmacy Law punishable as a crime. Existing law authorizes a pharmacy to furnish a dangerous drug or a dangerous device to a licensed health care facility for storage in a secured emergency pharmaceutical supplies container maintained within the facility or to an approved service provider within an emergency medical services system for storage in a secured emergency pharmaceutical supplies container if certain policies and procedures are met.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 16–0 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB443 Hernandez et al. Concurrence — 39–1 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Hernandez — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-02-15 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2017-02-16 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
2017-02-23 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
2017-03-21 Set for hearing April 3.
2017-03-27 April 3 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2017-03-28 Set for hearing April 17.
2017-04-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 726.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-04-21 Set for hearing May 1.
2017-05-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 913.) (May 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-05-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-05-15 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1064.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-05-16 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2017-06-01 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
2017-07-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-07-19 July 19 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2017-07-20 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2017-08-23 August 23 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2017-09-01 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (September 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2017-09-05 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2017-09-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-09-13 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3269.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-09-14 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2017-09-14 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 1. Page 2893.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2017-09-21 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:30 p.m.
2017-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 647, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c8342bf9-3a82-4c66-aa3e-88d2caaaee76. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).