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Obtain Payment Parity for Pharmacists Add Medication Administration to the Pharmacy Practice Act Seek Pharmacist prescriptive authority for a number of medications and medical conditions. Use momentum gained from the Federal PREP Act Amendment to improve pharmacist immunization authority.
Also, on our agenda is medical cannabis legislation. Progress on this front will depend on a number of things falling into place in such a way as to make additional effort on this issue worthwhile. We are in the process of assessing the environment and looking for a path forward.
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Emergency Kits at Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities. CMS regulatory changes at the Federal level including enhanced dispensing fees, supplemental payments for home delivery and COVID and non-COVID related items Finalize task force work related to pharmacy technicians enhanced training and pay; and if ready, we may begin the regulatory process.
Between Now and January Setting our agenda and drafting language is only the beginning. Next, we work on all the supporting materials for each bill. These one or two page documents provide data, information and reasons why policy makers should support the legislation. We will be updating our advocacy pages on the NCAP website and vetting legislation with stakeholder groups. Finally we will be taking our legislation to members to secure sponsors and supporters.
Important: Supporting Those Who Support Pharmacy You will be glad to know that PILL PAC, the Political Action Committee that NCAP supports made some significant contributions to General Assembly members prior to election day. We have been saying that we have to support those who support pharmacy and we have done that this year. NCAP has two members on the 4-member board. Mike James and I provided them with the information they needed to make informed decisions about whom to provide financial support. Donating to “PILLPAC” is the way that pharmacy can support current legislators who have supported us and elect individuals who will be good for the profession. As we move forward, we will be making improvements to PILL PAC that will make it easier to contribute. And, we need to broaden out those who contribute. This last year about a dozen pharmacists donated the brunt of what PILL PAC gave out. Obviously, that is not a sustainable model. All must do their part and it is not fair to ask a small number of colleagues to do what we all should be doing. We ask you to keep this in mind as we move forward in our overall advocacy plans. Contributions to PILL PAC can be sent to this address: 209 Fayetteville Street: Raleigh, NC 27601 Another way that you can help, is to donate to the NCAP Advocacy Fund. This fund helps to support