Patient Take-Home of Unused Eye Drops After Procedures

Current understanding

Michigan HB4072 would amend the Public Health Code (1978 PA 368) by adding secs. 17773, 20817, and 21539 to permit patients to take home unused portions of eye drops or eye ointments dispensed in connection with certain procedures, for continued patient care. The bill addresses a narrow gap in pharmaceutical dispensing rules that currently limits reuse or transfer of institutionally-dispensed ophthalmic drugs. Status: passed one chamber.

Evidence log

• 2026-07-22 — Health: pharmaceuticals; allow patients to take unused portion of eye drops or eye ointments after certain procedures for continued patient care; provide for. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding secs. 17773, 20817 & 21539.: cross-connection with unused-ophthalmic-medications-take-home: These two pages appear to cover the same policy (take-home of unused ophthalmic medications after procedures) and are likely duplicates that should be merged. (novelty: 2)

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