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MPhA will host a Legislative Month in 2021 to allow for more engagement with our advocacy efforts. Each Tuesday during Legislative Month, MPhA will host a webinar on a specific advocacy topic. On Thursday of each week, MPhA will have a call to action
and encourage pharmacists, student pharmacists, and pharmacy technicians to reach out to their legislators. Topics will include: how to talk to your legislator, medication administration, prescriptive authority, and the U.S. Supreme Court case on
PBM regulation. We look forward to having you all join us in our effort to continue to push the profession of pharmacy forward.
Legislative Month Policies
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February 23 | 12:00 - 1:15PM
Session 1: Advocacy 101: From Constituent to Senate Seat
Speaker: Jason Varin PharmD, with special guests Senator Steve Cwodzinski and Legislative Assistant Greg Weiner
This session will discuss the value of the constituent -representative relationship and explore a process to become an elected representative.
Objectives:
- Understand how to build a relationship with your legislator and why the relationship is beneficial to both the constituent and the representative.
- Consider the steps on one path to become an elected representative.
- Compare the value of a legislative support team with that of a pharmacy or healthcare team.
Week 1 Sponsor
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March 2 | 12:00 - 1:15PM
Session 2: The Impacts of the U.S. Supreme Court Case on PBM Transparency in Minnesota
Speaker: Antonio Ciaccia
In October 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court heard a pharmacy case, Rutledge vs. PCMA. This case challenged PBM transparency and MAC pricing. The Supreme Court announced the ruling in December 2020, with a unanimous 8-0 vote in favor of overturning
the lower court circuit and in favor of increased PBM transparency. It important to understand how this will impact PBM transparency in Minnesota rules.
Objectives:
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Review the path of how Rutledge vs. PCMA came to the Supreme Court.
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Discuss how this may impact rulemaking in Minnesota around PBM transparency.
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Understand how to discuss the impact of this case with legislators.
Week 2 Sponsor
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March 9 | 12:00 - 1:15PM
Session 3: Implementing Prescriptive Authority in Three Medication Types
Speakers: Jean Moon, PharmD, FCCP, BCACP; Sarah Westberg, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS; Heather Blue, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP
In 2020 legislation was passed allowing pharmacists to prescribe in three medication classes: self-administered oral contraceptives, nicotine replacement, and emergency opioid antagonists such as naloxone. Now that protocols have been created by the
Board of Pharmacy, pharmacists need to know how to implement these protocols. This session will focus on how to implement the protocols and prescribe in these three medication areas.
Objectives:
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Review the legislation that was passed in 2020 to allow for prescriptive authority.
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Discuss the protocols that have been developed in each of the medication types.
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Understand how to prescribe medications for patients in practice.
Week 3 Sponsor
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March 16 | 12:00 - 1:15PM
Session 4: Expanding Pharmacists' Medication Administration
Amie Jo Digatono, PharmD, BCPP; Julie Jackman, PharmD, BC-ACP
Currently pharmacists have the authority to administer medications that are for substance use disorder and mental health. MPhA wants to expand this authority to administering any medication if the prescriber has prescribed the medication.
Objectives:
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Review the current legislation in place around pharmacist medication administration.
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Discuss the potential of expanding pharmacist medication administration.
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Understand how to talk to legislators about pharmacist medication administration.
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Legislative Month Sponsors
MPhA Annual Sponsors
Questions? Please contact Siri Livdahl.
Please consider donating to one or all of the following MPhA causes:
Donate to the MPhA Political Action Committee. The PAC play a vital role in support pharmacy-friendly legislators who understand the importance
of pharmacists and pharmacies.
Donate to the Advocacy Fund. The Advocacy Fund supports the work that MPhA and our lobbyist do at Capitol Hill. Without these dollars, MPhA would
not be able to afford a lobbyist or much of the work that we do.
Donate to the Minnesota Pharmacy Foundation. The dollars that are donated to the Minnesota Pharmacy Foundation provide scholarship funds
to students at the University of Minnesota.
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