as introduced - 83rd Legislature (2003 - 2004) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to human services; requiring medical 1.3 assistance to cover pharmaceutical care; amending 1.4 Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 256B.0625, by adding 1.5 a subdivision. 1.6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 256B.0625, is 1.8 amended by adding a subdivision to read: 1.9 Subd. 13c. [PHARMACEUTICAL CARE.] Medical assistance 1.10 covers pharmaceutical care. For purposes of this subdivision, 1.11 "pharmaceutical care" means the responsible provision of drug 1.12 therapy for the purpose of improving a patient's quality of life 1.13 by: (1) curing a disease; (2) eliminating or reducing a 1.14 patient's symptoms; (3) arresting or slowing a disease process; 1.15 or (4) preventing a disease or a symptom. Pharmaceutical care 1.16 involves the documented process through which a pharmacist 1.17 cooperates with a patient and other professionals in designing, 1.18 implementing, and monitoring a therapeutic plan that is expected 1.19 to produce specific therapeutic outcomes, through the 1.20 identification, resolution, and prevention of drug-related 1.21 problems.