CONNECTICUT "DEFINITION OF DRUG DOSAGE FORMS" ACT WOULD PROHIBIT PHARMACIST SUBSTITUTION OF "UNIQUE DELIVERY SYSTEM" DRUGS; CALIF. CONSIDERS SIMILAR BILL
Executive Summary
A Connecticut Act "Concerning the Definition of Drug Dosage Forms" would prohibit a pharmacist from substituting any drug or product if the originally prescribed product utilizes a "unique delivery system technology." Governor Weicker (Ind.) received the bill May 2 after it passed both Houses of the state legislature; a signature was required by May 7 for it to become law. The Connecticut bill is modeled after an Oregon bill that became law last year.