File Code: Public Health
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 231
- Sponsored By:
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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:
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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
