California Penal Code

§ 5024.5

PEN § 5024.5 Effective Jan 1, 2005Title 7 · Part 3 · Ch. 1

Statute text

(a)The Department of Corrections shall adopt policies, procedures, and criteria to identify selected medication categories for the development of utilization protocols based on best practices, and the use of generic and therapeutic substitutes, as appropriate.

(b)The department shall develop utilization and treatment protocols for select medication categories based on defined priority criteria, including, but not limited to, the cost of the medications.

(c)On or before April 1, 2006, the department shall provide information, as part of the fiscal committee budget hearings for the 2006–07 budget year, on the impact of the adoption of these protocols.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 383, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.