CHAPTER NUMBER: 134
File Code: Public Health
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 6
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Miller, Bromwell,
Sfikas, Astle, Blount, Colburn, Collins, Currie, DeGrange,
Della, Dorman, Exum, Frosh, Green, Hafer, Hoffman, Hogan, Hollinger,
Hooper, Jimeno, Kasemeyer, Kelley, Lawlah, Madden, McFadden, Middleton,
Munson, Neall, Roesser, Ruben, Stoltzfus, Stone,
Teitelbaum, and Forehand
- Entitled:
-
Senior Prescription Drug
Relief Act
Establishing the Maryland Pharmacy Discount Program and the Maryland
MedBank Program; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
to administer and operate the Maryland Pharmacy Discount Program as
permitted by federal law or waiver; authorizing the Department to
establish mechanisms to recover administrative costs, reimburse
participating pharmacies in a specified amount, and allow the
pharmacies to collect specified fees; etc.
Senate Action
- 1/24
- First Reading Finance & Budget and Taxation
- 1/31
- Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/14
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Floor Amendment (Senator Forehand) Adopted
- Special Order 3/16 (Senator Harris) Adopted
- 3/16
- Floor Amendment (Senator Bromwell) Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/20
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- 4/2
- Senate Refuses to Concur - House Amendments
- Senate Requests House Recede
- Conference Committee Appointed ...
- Senators Bromwell, Astle, and DeGrange
- 4/7
- Conference Committee Report Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- 4/6
- Passed Enrolled
- 4/20
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 134
House Action
- 3/18
- First Reading Economic Matters & Environmental Matters
- 3/26
- Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/3
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
- 3/29
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/30
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (135-0)
- 4/3
- House Refuses to Recede
- Conference Committee Appointed ...
- Delegates Busch, Guns, and Hammen
- 4/6
- Conference Committee Report Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (137-0)
- Sponsored by:
- Senator Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr., District 27
- Senator John C. Astle, District 30
- Senator Clarence W. Blount, District 41
- Senator Thomas L. Bromwell, District 8
- Senator Richard F. Colburn, District 37
- Senator Michael J. Collins, District 6
- Senator Ulysses Currie, District 25
- Senator James E. DeGrange, Sr., District 32
- Senator George W. Della, Jr., District 47
- Senator Arthur Dorman, District 21
- Senator Nathaniel Exum, District 24
- Senator Jennie M. Forehand, District 17
- Senator Brian E. Frosh, District 16
- Senator Leo E. Green, District 23
- Senator John J. Hafer, District 1
- Senator Barbara A. Hoffman, District 42
- Senator Patrick J. Hogan, District 39
- Senator Paula C. Hollinger, District 11
- Senator J. Robert Hooper, District 35
- Senator Philip C. Jimeno, District 31
- Senator Edward J. Kasemeyer, District 12
- Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10
- Senator Gloria Lawlah, District 26
- Senator Martin G. Madden, District 13
- Senator Nathaniel J. McFadden, District 45
- Senator Thomas M. Middleton, District 28
- Senator Donald F. Munson, District 2
- Senator Robert R. Neall, District 33
- Senator Jean W. Roesser, District 15
- Senator Ida G. Ruben, District 20
- Senator Perry Sfikas, District 46
- Senator J. Lowell Stoltzfus, District 38
- Senator Norman R. Stone, Jr., District 7
- Senator Leonard H. Teitelbaum, District 19
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES -see also- ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT
- AGING, DEPARTMENT OF
- APPROPRIATIONS
- COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES
- COMPTROLLER
- CONTRACTS -see also- LAND INSTALLMENT CONTRACTS; PROCUREMENT
- COUNTIES -see also- CHARTERED COUNTIES; CODE COUNTIES
- DRUGS -see also- CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUB; SUBSTANCE ABUSE
- ELDERLY PERSONS
- FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
- FEES -see also- DEVELOPMENT FEES AND TAXES
- HEALTH -see also- MENTAL HEALTH
- HEALTH INSURANCE -see also- HMOS; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS
- HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF
- HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- MAN CARE ORGS
- HEALTH PLANNING AND COST REVIEW
- MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- HEALTH MAINT ORGS
- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
- NOTICES
- PATIENTS
- PRICES -see also- CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
- REPORTS
- RULES AND REGULATIONS
- SUNSET
- TAX CREDITS -see also- CIRCUIT BREAKER
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
15-103 ,
15-124 ,
15-124.1 ,
15-124.2 ,
15-601 ,
15-602 ,
15-603 ,
15-604 ,
15-606 ,
20-506
)
- Insurance
- (
15-606
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- Senate
- Number: 483323/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 14, 2001 at:
12:38 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Number: 757079/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 14, 2001 at:
12:18 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Number: 843521/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 16, 2001 at:
11:35 a.m. Status: Adopted
- House
- Number: 083394/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 3, 2001 at:
10:45 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Conference Committee Documents::
- Report Number: 743726/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 9, 2001 at:
11:04 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Amendment Number: 433925/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 9, 2001 at:
11:04 p.m. Status: Incomplete
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- Senate
- March 20, 2001: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- April 7, 2001: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- House
- March 30, 2001: Third Reading Passed (135-0)
- April 6, 2001: Third Reading Passed (137-0)