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Ohio Legislature (healthcare bills) · September 8, 2026 · Primary source

OH HB 1004: No title provided

Score 48PRIMARYregulatoryState legislatureOH

Summary

Ohio House Bill 1004, introduced in the 136th General Assembly, proposes to amend Ohio Revised Code sections 4723.4812 and 4729.284, enact new section 4729.286, and repeal section 4731.90 to revise pharmacist dispensing authority for nicotine replacement therapy and authorize pharmacists to dispense oral contraceptive therapy under protocols developed by the State Board of Pharmacy. The bill has been introduced and has not yet advanced through committee. The excerpt contains the full legislative scope available; no committee referral date or hearing schedule is disclosed.

What this may mean

If enacted, the bill expands Ohio pharmacist scope-of-practice authority to include oral contraceptive dispensing under Board of Pharmacy protocols, removing the need for a prescribing physician order for that category of therapy. The repeal of ORC 4731.90 eliminates an existing provision governing that area of physician practice. No Medicaid billing, fraud-and-abuse, or federal regulatory dimension is apparent from the excerpt.

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