United States · Bill · S
S. 2179 (95th)
Generic Drug Dispensing Act
Introduced
5 October 1977
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Status
Referred to Senate Committee on Human Resources.
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Summary
Generic Drug Dispensing Act - Requires pharmacists, in fulfilling prescriptions for drugs, to use the lowest-cost generic drug which will satisfy the prescription unless the physician who wrote the prescription specified a proprietary or specific formulation, or the patient for whom the prescription was made requests the drug by specific name or formulation.
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summary · EN · 5 October 1977
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/95th-congress/senate-bill/2179
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/95/s/2179