2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
November 8, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives Murphy, Sortwell,
Armstrong, Behnke, Bodden, Brandtjen, Edming, Goeben, Magnafici,
Michalski, Mursau, O'Connor, Rettinger and Tusler, cosponsored by
Senators Cabral-Guevara and Nass. Referred to Committee on Health, Aging
and Long-Term Care.
AB626,1,5 1An Act to repeal 450.095 (1) (a); to amend 50.36 (6), 450.095 (title), 450.095 (2)
2(intro.), 450.095 (2) (a), 450.095 (2) (b) and 450.095 (2) (c); and to create 450.095
3(1) (am), 450.095 (2) (am), 450.095 (2m) and 632.865 (6m) of the statutes;
4relating to: the duty of a pharmacist to dispense lawfully prescribed drugs and
5devices.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, a pharmacy has a duty to dispense lawfully prescribed
contraceptive drugs and devices without delay unless certain factors apply, including
that the prescription contains an obvious or known error or contains inadequate
instructions, the prescription is contraindicated for the patient, the prescription is
incompatible with another drug or device prescribed for the patient, or the
prescription is potentially fraudulent. This bill expands that duty to require
pharmacies to dispense any lawfully prescribed drug or device without delay.
However, if any pharmacist at a pharmacy refuses to dispense a drug or device for
reasons of conscience such that the pharmacy cannot fulfill the prescription order
without delay, then the bill requires the pharmacy to transfer the prescription order
to a different pharmacy, at the direction of the patient, that will dispense the
prescribed drug or device without delay. The bill also specifies that a pharmacy may
not dispense a lawfully prescribed drug or device if there is an absolute
contraindication for the prescribed drug or device, rather than just a
contraindication. Under the bill, “absolute contraindication” is defined to mean any

condition present in a patient that makes a particular drug or device inadvisable
under any circumstances.
Further, the bill prohibits a pharmacy benefit manager from penalizing in any
way a pharmacy or pharmacist from dispensing a prescribed drug or device that is
prescribed for a use other than a use approved by the federal Food and Drug
Administration if the prescribed drug or device is dispensed pursuant to a valid
prescription order.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB626,1 1Section 1. 50.36 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB626,2,52 50.36 (6) If the department receives a credible complaint that a pharmacy
3located in a hospital has violated its duty to dispense contraceptive drugs and devices
4under s. 450.095 (2), the department shall refer the complaint to the department of
5safety and professional services.
AB626,2 6Section 2. 450.095 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB626,2,7 7450.095 (title) Duty to dispense contraceptives.
AB626,3 8Section 3. 450.095 (1) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
AB626,4 9Section 4. 450.095 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB626,2,1310 450.095 (1) (am) “Absolute contraindication” means any condition present in
11a patient that renders a particular drug or device not safe to be used as prescribed
12under any circumstance because of the severe or potentially life-threatening risks
13involved.
AB626,5 14Section 5. 450.095 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB626,3,215 450.095 (2) (intro.) Unless one or more any of the following applies, except as
16provided in sub. (2m),
a pharmacy shall dispense any lawfully prescribed
17contraceptive drugs and devices drug or device and shall deliver contraceptive drugs

1and devices restricted to distribution by a pharmacy
the drug or device to a the
2patient without delay:
AB626,6 3Section 6. 450.095 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB626,3,54 450.095 (2) (a) The prescription or prescription order contains an obvious or
5known error or contains inadequate instructions.
AB626,7 6Section 7. 450.095 (2) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB626,3,97 450.095 (2) (am) A pharmacist determines after reviewing the prescription
8order and the patient's medical records that there is an absolute contraindication for
9the prescribed drug or device.
AB626,8 10Section 8. 450.095 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB626,3,1311 450.095 (2) (b) The prescription is contraindicated for the patient, prescribed
12drug or device
is incompatible with another drug or device prescribed for the patient,
13or is prohibited by state or federal law.
AB626,9 14Section 9. 450.095 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB626,3,1515 450.095 (2) (c) The prescription or prescription order is potentially fraudulent.
AB626,10 16Section 10. 450.095 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB626,3,2217 450.095 (2m) If any pharmacist at a pharmacy refuses to dispense a lawfully
18prescribed drug or device for reasons of conscience such that the pharmacy cannot
19fulfill a prescription or prescription order without delay, then the pharmacy shall
20transfer the prescription or prescription order to a different pharmacy, at the
21direction of the patient, that will dispense the prescribed drug or device without
22delay.
AB626,11 23Section 11. 632.865 (6m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB626,4,324 632.865 (6m) Off-label therapies. No pharmacy benefit manager may in any
25way penalize a pharmacy or pharmacist for dispensing a prescribed drug or device

1that is prescribed for a use other than a use approved by the federal food and drug
2administration if the prescribed drug or device is dispensed pursuant to a valid
3prescription order, as defined in s. 450.01 (21).
AB626,4,44 (End)
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