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Legislature

Proposed bill would protect pharmacists who recommend off-label meds

Alabama lawmakers passed a similar bill last year protecting doctors who prescribed off-label medications.

January 13, 2025

Alabama has an immense need for PBM reform

This is urgent. We need help. Please take care of your community, small businesses and the people you serve.

November 18, 2024

House committee approves $10.64 prescription tax, stirring major concerns

House Bill 238 would introduce a $10.64 tax on every prescription filled in the state.

March 7, 2024

How Alabamians will be affected by the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation program

About 166,000 Alabamians will see lower drug prices as a result of the negotiations.

September 8, 2023

Senate bill would force doctors, pharmacies to provide off-label COVID-19 treatments

There is no clear language in the bill defining any limitations of what FDA-approved medications could be claimed as a treatment for COVID-19.

March 22, 2022

Public hearing shows divide on House transgender treatment bill

Doctors, parents of transgender children and a former transgender man shared differing perspectives from several experiences with gender dysphoria treatment.

February 24, 2022

Senator criticizes prosecution of Alabama mother for taking prescription while pregnant

The prosecution "flies in the face" of the intent of the law, said Sen. Clyde Chambliss, one of the bill's sponsors.

December 6, 2021

Gov. Ivey should follow doctor’s orders, not Sen. Marsh’s

When a doctor prescribes a prescription, they usually tell you to take the whole thing and not to stop just because the symptoms go away. The reason is because, even though the symptoms may have gone away, the illness is not necessarily dead yet. The same holds true for this current pandemic. Right now we … Continued

April 15, 2020

Speaker Pelosi’s prescription for drug prices is worse than the disease

Speaker Nancy Pelosi has a prescription for high drug prices, but this is one case where the cure is worse than the disease. Her plan would let the federal government set the prices that Medicare and private health plans pay for drugs. Which means that a marketplace now regulated by competition and consumer choice would … Continued

December 4, 2019

Sen. Andrew Jones pre-files prescription opioids patient education bill

State Sen. Andrew Jones, R-Centre, is working to establish an opioid education system for patients prescribed the drug through a bill he pre-filed on March 4, 2019. “The Alabama fourth Congressional District, which includes a majority of my State Senate district, had the highest rate of opioid abuse in the nation, coming in at a … Continued

March 7, 2019