Section 5024.5 Of Chapter 1. The Department Of Corrections And Rehabilitation From California Penal Code >> Title 7. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 1.
5024.5
. (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.
(d) The department shall coordinate the implementation of this
section with the Department of General Services' prescription drug
bulk purchasing program pursuant to Chapter 12 (commencing with
Section 14977) of Part 5.5 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government
Code, in order to better achieve the goals and intent of that
program.
(e) It is the intent of the Legislature that the department shall
complete the implementation of this section utilizing the existing
resources of the department.