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Colorado considers allowing prescription dispensing machines

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March 6, 2023

Pharmacies will be permitted to use machines to dispense prescription medications under a bill proposed in the state legislature, according to a coloradopolitics.com report. The machines would be installed in pharmacies, hospitals and clinics and be available outside of regular pharmacy hours.

The bill, H.B., 1195, sponsored by Rep. Dafna Michaelson Jenet, D-Commerce City, has been sent to the Senate after the House approved it 58-4 on Friday.

Patients would be required to provide their prescription and interact with a pharmacist via a video call on the machine. The machine would stock the medications.

Such machines are permitted in Arizona, California, Florida, Idaho, Louisiana, Missouri and Texas, according to MedifriendRx, a health care technology provider.