2001 Regular Session

SENATE BILL 126

File Code: Public Health Prior Year Introduction As: SB 649/00 - FIN
Sponsored By:
Senators Middleton, Hogan, Hollinger, Neall, Stoltzfus, and Green
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 participating pharmacies; requiring the Department to monitor pharmacy participation; providing for an annual report and the termination of the program; etc.

History by Legislative Date

Senate Action
1/17
First Reading Finance
1/31
Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
3/14
Withdrawn
House Action
No Action
Sponsored by:
Senator Thomas M. Middleton, District 28
Senator Leo E. Green, District 23
Senator Patrick J. Hogan, District 39
Senator Paula C. Hollinger, District 11
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 COMMERCE -see also- ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER
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