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Legislation


2002 Regular Session

SENATE BILL 623

File Code: Public Health Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 1122
Sponsored By:
Senators Hoffman, Astle, Bromwell, DeGrange, Della, Exum, Frosh, Hafer, Hooper, Kelley, Middleton, Roesser, Teitelbaum, Van Hollen, Ruben, Lawlah, and Currie
Entitled:
Prescription Drug Manufacturer Rebates - State Funded Prescription Drug Programs

Synopsis:

Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish a State prescription drug spending control program that may include preferred drug lists and a process for managing drug therapies; establishing a State Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics Committee within the Department; requiring the Department to make specified preferred drug list decisions based on specified criteria; creating the Maryland Medical Assistance Prescription Drugs Fund; requiring the Department to make a report; etc.

History by Legislative Date

Senate Action
2/1
First Reading Budget and Taxation & Finance
2/5
Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
4/1
Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation
3/30
Favorable with Amendments
Motion Special Order until 4/2
(Senator Bromwell) Adopted
3/31
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Floor Amendment (Senator Hollinger) Adopted
Floor Amendment (Senator Harris) Adopted
Floor Amendment (Senator Neall) Rejected (13-31)
Special Order later today (Senator Bromwell) Adopted
Motion Reconsider Floor Amendment (Senator Hollinger) Adopted
Floor Amendment (Senator Hollinger) Withdrawn
Floor Amendment (Senator Hollinger) Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
4/1
Third Reading Passed (37-10)
4/7
Senate Refuses to Concur - House Amendments
Senate Requests House Recede
Conference Committee Appointed ...
Senators Bromwell, Hoffman, and Kelley
House Action
3/31
First Reading Environmental Matters & Appropriations
4/4
Hearing 4/5 at 1:00 p.m.
4/8
Favorable with Amendments Report by Environmental Matters
4/5
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
4/6
Special Order later today (Delegate Redmer) Adopted
Floor Amendment (Delegate Redmer)
as amended Adopted
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (123-13)
Sponsored by:
Senator Barbara A. Hoffman, District 42
Senator John C. Astle, District 30
Senator Thomas L. Bromwell, District 8
Senator Ulysses Currie, District 25
Senator James E. DeGrange, Sr., District 32
Senator George W. Della, Jr., District 47
Senator Nathaniel Exum, District 24
Senator Brian E. Frosh, District 16
Senator John J. Hafer, District 1
Senator J. Robert Hooper, District 35
Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10
Senator Gloria Lawlah, District 26
Senator Thomas M. Middleton, District 28
Senator Jean W. Roesser, District 15
Senator Ida G. Ruben, District 20
Senator Leonard H. Teitelbaum, District 19
Senator Christopher Van Hollen, Jr., District 18
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
AIDS
APPEALS -see also- JUDICIAL REVIEW
APPROPRIATIONS
BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF
COMMERCE AND BUSINESS -see also- DEALERS; TRADERS; etc
COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES
DRUGS -see also- CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUB; SUBSTANCE ABUSE
ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
FEES -see also- DEVELOPMENT FEES AND TAXES
HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF
MARYLAND REGISTER
MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
MENTAL HEALTH
NOTICES
PRICES -see also- CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
PUBLICATIONS -see also- MARYLAND REGISTER
REPORTS
RULES AND REGULATIONS
STATE EMPLOYEES
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Health - General
( 15-118 , 15-118.1 , 15-124 )
State Personnel and Pensions
( 2-503 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)
Amendments:
Senate
Number: 479031/1 (PDF)     Offered on: April 2, 2002   at: 10:52 a.m.     Status: Adopted
Number: 603023/1 (PDF)     Offered on: April 2, 2002   at: 1:01 p.m.     Status: Adopted
Number: 603920/1 (PDF)     Offered on: April 2, 2002   at: 11:18 a.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 643229/1 (PDF)     Offered on: April 2, 2002   at: 1:00 p.m.     Status: Withdrawn
Number: 913622/1 (PDF)     Offered on: April 2, 2002   at: 11:15 a.m.     Status: Adopted
House
Number: 383129/1 (PDF)     Offered on: April 8, 2002   at: 6:04 p.m.     Status: Adopted
Number: 383129/2 (PDF)     Offered on: April 11, 2002   at: 8:27 a.m.     Status: Adopted
Number: 580915/1 (PDF)     Offered on: April 8, 2002   at: 11:21 a.m.     Status: Adopted
Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
Senate
March 31, 2002: Floor Amendment (Neall) {603920/1 Rejected (13-31)
April 1, 2002: Third Reading Passed (37-10)
House
April 6, 2002: Third Reading Passed with Amendments (123-13)
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