2000 Regular Session

SENATE BILL 649

File Code: Public Health Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 1336
Sponsored By:
Senators Middleton, Hogan, Neall, and Stoltzfus
Entitled:
Pharmacies - Discounts for Medicare Beneficiaries

Synopsis:

Requiring pharmacies, as a condition of participation in the Maryland Medical Assistance Program, to charge Medicare beneficiaries a price for prescriptions that does not exceed the Program's reimbursement rate for prescription medicines; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to provide a mechanism to calculate and transmit the price of the prescription to the pharmacy; requiring the Department to monitor pharmacy participation with the requirements of the Act; etc.

History by Legislative Date

Senate Action
2/4
First Reading Finance
2/8
Hearing 3/3 at 1:00 p.m.
2/29
Hearing cancelled
Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
3/7
Hearing cancelled
Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m.
3/20
Unfavorable Report by Finance
House Action
No Action
Sponsored by:
Senator Thomas M. Middleton, District 28
Senator Patrick J. Hogan, District 39
Senator Robert R. Neall, District 33
Senator J. Lowell Stoltzfus, District 38
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
DRUGS -see also- CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUB; SUBSTANCE ABUSE
ELDERLY PERSONS
ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION
HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
PHARMACISTS
PRICES -see also- CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
REPORTS
SUNSET
Bill affects the following Statute:
Health Occupations
( 12-508 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)
Amendments: None offered