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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 4
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 4882
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
(PH)
AN ACT CONCERNING TH E ACCESSIBILITY OF PRESCRIPTION
DRUGS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective July 1, 2019) The Department of Public Health, in 1
collaboration with the Department of Consumer Protection, shall study 2
the public health impact of a person not taking medication prescribed 3
to such person by his or her health care provider, or not taking such 4
medication as directed, because he or she cannot afford to pay for such 5
medication. Such study shall include, but not be limited to, strategies 6
to improve patient access to medication prescribed by the patient's 7
health care provider. On or before January 1, 2020, the Commissioners 8
of Public Health and Consumer Protection shall report, in accordance 9
with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint 10
standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of 11
matters relating to public health and consumer protection regarding 12
the findings of such study. 13
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
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Section 1 July 1, 2019 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To require a study of the public health impact of people not taking
their prescription medications, or not taking them as directed, because
they cannot afford to pay for them.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist.; SEN. DUFF, 25th Dist.
SEN. FONFARA, 1st Dist.; SEN. MCCRORY, 2nd Dist.
SEN. CASSANO, 4th Dist.; SEN. LESSER, 9th Dist.
SEN. WINFIELD, 10th Dist.; SEN. COHEN, 12th Dist.
SEN. ABRAMS, 13th Dist.; SEN. MARONEY, 14th Dist.
SEN. HARTLEY, 15th Dist.; SEN. OSTEN, 19th Dist.
SEN. MOORE, 22nd Dist.; SEN. BRADLEY, 23rd Dist.
SEN. KUSHNER, 24th Dist.; SEN. HASKELL, 26th Dist.
SEN. LEONE, 27th Dist.; SEN. FLEXER, 29th Dist.
SEN. NEEDLEMAN, 33rd Dist.; SEN. BERGSTEIN, 36th Dist.
REP. CONLEY, 40th Dist.; REP. HAMPTON, 16th Dist.
REP. SANTIAGO E., 130th Dist.
S.B. 4