Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee Senate Bill SB1256 Compare Versions

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2	2	HOUSE BILL 1260
3	3	By McKenzie
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5	5	SENATE BILL 1256
6	6	By Lamar
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13	13	AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8;
14	14	Title 33; Title 53; Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and
15	15	Title 71, relative to prescription drugs.
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17	17	BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
18	18	SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 53, Chapter 10, Part 2, is amended by
19	19	adding the following as a new section:
20	20	(a) On or before January 1, 2026, the department of finance and administration,
21	21	in collaboration with the department of health and the division of TennCare, shall submit
22	22	a request to the United States secretary of health and human services for approval of
23	23	the ability to import safe and effective prescription drugs from Canada pursuant to 21
24	24	U.S.C. § 384. The request must, at a minimum:
25	25	(1) Demonstrate how the prescription drugs imported into this state will
26	26	meet the applicable federal and state standards for safety and effectiveness;
27	27	(2) Demonstrate how the drugs imported into this state will comply with
28	28	federal law for the pharmaceutical distribution supply chain as described in the
29	29	Drug Supply Chain Security Act (Title II of Pub. L. No. 113-54);
30	30	(3) Include a list of proposed prescription drugs that have the highest
31	31	potential for cost savings to this state through importation at the time that the
32	32	request is submitted;
33	33	(4) Estimate this state's total annual cost savings from importation of
34	34	prescription drugs from Canada;
35	35	(5) Estimate this state's total annual cost of importation of prescription
36	36	drugs from Canada; and
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41	41	(6) Include a list of potential Canadian suppliers from which this state
42	42	would import drugs and demonstrate that the suppliers are in full compliance with
43	43	relevant Canadian federal and provincial laws and regulations as well as all
44	44	applicable federal and state laws and regulations.
45	45	(b) Upon receipt of federal approval, the department of finance and
46	46	administration shall notify the governor, the speaker of the senate, and the speaker of
47	47	the house of representatives of such federal approval.
48	48	(c) Within six (6) months of receiving federal approval, the department of finance
49	49	and administration, in collaboration with the department of health and the division of
50	50	TennCare, shall submit a proposal to the governor, the speaker of the senate, and the
51	51	speaker of the house of representatives to implement a program for the importation of
52	52	safe and effective prescription drugs from Canada that have the highest potential for
53	53	cost savings to this state.
54	54	(d) The department of finance and administration, in collaboration with the
55	55	department of health and the division of TennCare, is authorized to promulgate rules to
56	56	effectuate this section. The rules must be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform
57	57	Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.
58	58	SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.