2005 House Bill 4559

Create state prescription price Web site

Introduced in the House

March 24, 2005

Introduced by Rep. Roger Kahn (R-94)

To require the Attorney General and the Department of Community Health to create and maintain a Web site on which they would post the retail price for prescription drugs at pharmacies around the state that fill prescriptions for various state health care subsidy programs.

Referred to the Committee on Health Policy

May 10, 2005

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (H-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

May 17, 2005

Substitute offered

To replace the previous version of the bill with one that gives the Attorney General sole discretion to determine which information should be made available through the proposed web site.

The substitute passed 104 to 0 (details)

Amendment offered by Rep. Marie Donigan (D-26)

To tie-bar the bill to House Bill 4529, meaning this bill cannot become law unless that one does also. HB 4529 would require the Department of Community Health to pressure drug companies to provide rebates to state.

The amendment failed 49 to 54 (details)

May 18, 2005

Passed in the House 86 to 17 (details)

To require the Attorney General and the Department of Community Health to create and maintain a Web site on which they would post the retail price for prescription drugs at pharmacies around the state that fill prescriptions for various state health care subsidy programs, subject to other requirements specified in the bill.

Received in the Senate

May 19, 2005

Referred to the Committee on Health Policy