Introduced
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To require the Department of Community Health (DCH) to negotiate drug discounts or rebates with prescription drug companies, make public the names of companies that refuse to offer rebates, and require prior authorization before any drug made by a company that refused to agree to a rebate or discount could be dispensed to a recipient of Medicaid or other low income health program. The bill would also establish a state “Rx Card” program which would extend the discounts to Medicaid clients and other people without health care or drug insurance coverage, and would require pharmacies that fill Medicaid-paid prescriptions to sell drugs to Rx cardholders at reduced prices set by the bill.
Referred to the Committee on Health Policy
