HB1762: extending a committee and adding a certain duty relative to pharmacy reimbursement.

HB 1762 – AS INTRODUCED

2006 SESSION

06-3038

01/09

HOUSE BILL 1762

AN ACT extending a committee and adding a certain duty relative to pharmacy reimbursement.

SPONSORS: Rep. Wendelboe, Belk 1; Rep. Kurk, Hills 7; Sen. Martel, Dist 18; Sen. Clegg, Dist 14

COMMITTEE: Legislative Administration

ANALYSIS

This bill extends the committee to study Medicaid reimbursement rates for pharmacy providers, established in 2005, 73, and adds a duty to the committee’s study.

This bill was requested by the committee established in 2005, 73.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

06-3038

01/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six

AN ACT extending a committee and adding a certain duty relative to pharmacy reimbursement.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 New Paragraph; Duty Added. Amend 2005, 73:3 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:

III. Examine a closed pharmacy network by region to bid based on price.

2 Committee Extended. Amend 2005, 73:5 to read as follows:

73:5 Report. The committee shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the house clerk, the senate clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before November 1, [2005] 2006.

3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.