2003 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 725

File Code: Public Health Prior Year Introduction As: HB 1232/01 - ENV & ECM
Sponsored By:
Delegate Rudolph
Entitled:
Senior Citizen Prescription Medicine Relief Act

Synopsis:

Requiring pharmacies, as a condition of participation in the Maryland Medical Assistance Program, to charge Medicare beneficiaries a specified price for prescriptions that does not exceed the Program's reimbursement rate for prescription medicines under specified circumstances; 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 compliance with the requirements of the Act; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
2/7
First Reading Health and Government Operations
2/19
Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
Senate Action
No Action
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
DRUGS -see also- CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUB; SUBSTANCE ABUSE
ELDERLY PERSONS
ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT
HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
PHARMACISTS AND PHARMACIES
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