Texas Pharmacy Association representatives participated in a legislative panel November 12 hosted by The University of Texas College of Pharmacy student chapters of the National Community Pharmacists Association, Student National Pharmaceutical Association, Student Societies of Health-System Pharmacy, and Texas Coalition of Student Pharmacists. Panelists included TPA President Mark Comfort and CEO Debbie Garza, Texas State Board of Pharmacy Executive Director Allison Benz, John Heal of Texas TrueCare Pharmacies, and Dr. Mark Newberry, immediate past president of the Alliance of Independent Pharmacists.
The panel discussed key issues for pharmacy in the upcoming 2019 legislative session and how student pharmacists can get involved in pharmacy policy before and during the session. John Heal shared with the students a quote he once heard to “get into politics or get out of pharmacy,” as he described the role legislation and regulation plays in our profession. The student pharmacists learned their voice is vital in shaping the future of this great profession.
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