File Code: Public Health
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Hollinger, Blount, Bromwell, Colburn, Collins, Frosh,
Green, Hoffman, Jimeno, Kelley, Lawlah, Middleton, Munson, Neall,
Ruben, Sfikas, Stone, and Teitelbaum
- Entitled:
-
Maryland Catastrophic Pharmaceutical Expense Program
Establishing the Maryland Catastrophic Pharmaceutical Expense Program;
providing for eligibility requirements; exempting specified
expenditures on prescription drugs; requiring the Department to
provide written notification to ineligible individuals; providing for
the coverage of specified medications; requiring the Department to
consult with agencies when administering the Program; requiring the
Department to implement regulations; requiring the Department to
produce a consumer guide on prescription drug issues; etc.
Senate Action
- 1/24
- First Reading Finance & Budget and Taxation
- 1/31
- Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/14
- Withdrawn
House Action
- No Action
- Sponsored by:
- Senator Paula C. Hollinger, District 11
- 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 Brian E. Frosh, District 16
- Senator Leo E. Green, District 23
- Senator Barbara A. Hoffman, District 42
- Senator Philip C. Jimeno, District 31
- Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10
- Senator Gloria Lawlah, District 26
- Senator Thomas M. Middleton, District 28
- Senator Donald F. Munson, District 2
- Senator Robert R. Neall, District 33
- Senator Ida G. Ruben, District 20
- Senator Perry Sfikas, District 46
- Senator Norman R. Stone, Jr., District 7
- Senator Leonard H. Teitelbaum, District 19
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- AGING, DEPARTMENT OF
- CONSUMER PROTECTION -see also- UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES
- DRUGS -see also- CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUB; SUBSTANCE ABUSE
- ELDERLY PERSONS
- HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF
- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
- NOTICES
- PUBLICATIONS -see also- MARYLAND REGISTER
- REPORTS
- RULES AND REGULATIONS
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
15-701 ,
15-702 ,
15-703
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
None offered
