Connecticut 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00142 Compare Versions

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55 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 142
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1010 Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
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1313 Introduced by:
1414 SEN. COHEN, 12th Dist.
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1818 AN ACT REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO
1919 ESTABLISH A WHOLESALE PRESCRIPTION DRUG IMPORTATION
2020 PROGRAM.
2121 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
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2424 That title 19a of the general statutes be amended to require the 1
2525 Department of Public Health to establish a wholesale importation 2
2626 program to allow for the wholesale importation of prescription drugs 3
2727 from Canada, provided said department submits a request, on or 4
2828 before January 1, 2020, to the federal Department of Health and 5
2929 Human Services for certification of such program. 6
3030 Statement of Purpose:
3131 To ensure that people have options when purchasing high-cost
3232 prescription drugs by establishing a program to allow for the
3333 wholesale importation of prescription drugs from Canada.