2005 Regular Session

SENATE BILL 742

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

Synopsis:

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.

History by Legislative Date

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

Documents:

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