File Code: Public Health
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 231  
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
Senators Pinsky, Britt, Brochin, Conway, Currie, Della, Dyson,
Exum, Frosh, Gladden, Green, Grosfeld, Hollinger, Hooper, Hughes,
Jones, Kasemeyer, Kelley, Klausmeier, Lawlah, McFadden, Miller, Pipkin,
Stone, and Teitelbaum
 
- Entitled: 
 - 
Prescription Drugs - Canadian Mail Order Plan
 
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, on or before a
specified date, to seek approval of a waiver from the Food and Drug
Administration to operate a program to purchase and import
prescription drugs from Canada and to certify the safety and efficacy
of the imported prescription drugs; requiring the Department to seek
approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to allow
the State to use federal matching funds to operate a prescription drug
importation program; etc.
Senate Action
- 2/4
 - First Reading Finance
 - 2/9
 - Hearing 3/2 at 1:00 p.m.
 
House Action
- No Action
 
Sponsored by:
- Senator Paul G. Pinsky, District 22
 - Senator Gwendolyn Britt, District 47
 - Senator Jim Brochin, District 42
 - Senator Joan Carter Conway, District 43
 - Senator Ulysses Currie, District 25
 - Senator George W. Della, Jr., District 46
 - Senator Roy P. Dyson, District 29
 - Senator Nathaniel Exum, District 24
 - Senator Brian E. Frosh, District 16
 - Senator Lisa A. Gladden, District 41
 - Senator Leo E. Green, District 23
 - Senator Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18
 - Senator Paula C. Hollinger, District 11
 - Senator J. Robert Hooper, District 35
 - Senator Ralph M. Hughes, District 40
 - Senator Verna L. Jones, District 44
 - Senator Edward J. Kasemeyer, District 12
 - Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10
 - Senator Katherine Klausmeier, District 8
 - Senator Gloria Lawlah, District 26
 - Senator Nathaniel J. McFadden, District 45
 - Senator Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr., District 27
 - Senator E. J. Pipkin, District 36
 - Senator Norman R. Stone, Jr., District 6
 - Senator Leonard H. Teitelbaum, District 19
 
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- ATTORNEY GENERAL
 - CIVIL ACTIONS -see also- SMALL CLAIMS
 - DRUGS -see also- CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUB; SUBSTANCE ABUSE
 - FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
 - FOREIGN TRADE -see also- INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
 - HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF
 - INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS -see also- FOREIGN TRADE
 - MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- HEALTH MAINT ORGS
 - MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
 - PATIENTS
 - PHARMACISTS AND PHARMACIES
 - POSTAL SERVICE
 - PRICES -see also- CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES -see also- STATE EMPLOYEES
 - REPORTS
 - SAFETY -see also- OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
 - STATE EMPLOYEES
 
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
 First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
 - Fiscal Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
 Available
 - Amendments:
None offered