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HOUSE BILL 120

CHAPTER NUMBER: 206
File Code: Health Care Facilities and Regulation
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 724

Sponsored By:
Delegates Bromwell, Benson, Costa, DeBoy, Elliott, Kipke, Krebs, Kullen, McDonough, Morhaim, Reznik, Rudolph, Schuler, Shewell, Stocksdale, Weldon, Beitzel, Donoghue, Hammen, Kach, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Riley, and V. Turner

Entitled:
Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Disclosures

Synopsis:

Requiring a pharmacy benefits manager 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 and use specified information; etc.

History by Legislative and Calendar Date

Legislative date is used to record history occuring in the Chambers otherwise Calendar date is used. Explain Legislative Date and Calendar Date
House Action
1/17
First Reading Health and Government Operations
1/23
Hearing 2/7 at 1:00 p.m.
3/20
Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
3/18
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/19
Third Reading Passed (137-0)
3/30
House Concur - Senate Amendments
Third Reading Passed (138-0)
Passed Enrolled
Senate Action
3/21
First Reading Finance
3/25
Hearing 4/1 at 1:00 p.m.
3/26
Hearing cancelled
Hearing 3/27 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 with Amendments (47-0)
Action after passage in House and Senate
4/24
Approved by the Governor
- Chapter 206

Sponsored by:

Delegate Eric M. Bromwell, District 8
Delegate Wendell R. Beitzel, District 1A
Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
Delegate Robert A. Costa, District 33B
Delegate Steven J. DeBoy, Sr., District 12A
Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C
Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B
Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46
Delegate Wade Kach, District 5B
Delegate Nicholaus R. Kipke, District 31
Delegate Susan W. Krebs, District 9B
Delegate Sue Kullen, District 27B
Delegate Pat McDonough, District 7
Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41
Delegate Joseline A. Pena-Melnyk, District 21
Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13
Delegate Kirill Reznik, District 39
Delegate B. Daniel Riley, District 34A
Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 34B
Delegate Todd Schuler, District 8
Delegate Tanya T. Shewell, District 5A
Delegate Nancy R. Stocksdale, District 5A
Delegate Veronica Turner, District 26
Delegate Richard B. Weldon, Jr., District 3B

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 )

Documents:

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):
House
Number: 466186/01     Offered on: March 21, 2008   at: 10:54 a.m.     Status: Adopted
Senate
Number: 967472/01     Offered on: April 2, 2008   at: 10:52 a.m.     Status: Adopted

Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
March 19, 2008: Third Reading Passed (137-0)
March 30, 2008: Third Reading Passed (138-0)
Senate
March 30, 2008: Third Reading Passed (47-0)



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