File Code: Health Care Facilities and Regulation
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 120
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Klausmeier and Della
- Entitled:
-
Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Disclosures
Requiring a pharmacy benefits manager, before entering into a contract
with a purchaser, to provide a potential purchaser with information
regarding manufacturer payments and to offer to provide the purchaser
with a report of manufacturer payments earned by the pharmacy benefits
manager; providing that the Act does not diminish the authority of the
Office of the Attorney General or the Maryland Insurance Commissioner
to obtain information relating to a pharmacy benefits manager and use
the information in any proceeding; etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occuring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
Senate Action
- 2/1
- First Reading Finance
- 2/20
- Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/1
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- 3/29
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/30
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- 4/4
- Returned Passed
House Action
- 3/28
- First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
- 4/5
- Re-referred Health and Government Operations
- 4/7
- Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations
- 4/2
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 4/3
- Third Reading Passed (141-0)
Action after passage in Senate and House
- 4/24
- Approved by the Governor
- - Chapter 205
Sponsored by:
- Senator Katherine Klausmeier, District 8
- Senator George W. Della, Jr., District 46
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Attorney General
- Auditors and Audits
- Consumer Protection -see also- Unfair Trade Practices
- Contracts -see also- Land Installment Contracts; Procurement
- Disclosure
- Drugs -see also- Controlled Dangerous Sub; Substance Abuse
- Fees -see also- Devt Fees and Taxes; Reimbursement Rates
- Health Insurance -see also- HMOS; Managed Care Organizations
- Health Maintenance Organizations -see also- Manage Care Orgs
- Health Occupations -see also- specific health occupations
- Insurance Administration
- Penalties
- Pharmacists and Pharmacies
- Prices -see also- Consumer Price Index
- Privacy
- Reports
- Restitution
- Rules and Regulations
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
19-706
)
- Insurance
- (
15-1601 ,
15-1602 ,
15-1603 ,
15-1604 ,
15-1605
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments (Displayed in PDF Format):
Senate
- Number: 607974/01 Offered on: April 2, 2008 at:
10:51 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
Senate
- March 30, 2008: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
House
- April 3, 2008: Third Reading Passed (141-0)
