HB478:

Wholesale prescription drug importation program; Sec. of Health and Human Resources to establish.

Bill Summary:

Secretary of Health and Human Resources; wholesale
prescription drug importation program. Directs the Secretary
of Health and Human Resources (the Secretary) to establish a wholesale
prescription drug importation program that complies with the requirements
of federal law and to report annually by October 1 to the Governor
and the Chairmen of the House Committees on Appropriations and Health,
Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committees on Finance and
Appropriations and Education and Health on the wholesale prescription
drug importation program. The bill also requires the Secretary to
(i) convene a workgroup composed of relevant stakeholders to develop
a plan for implementation of the wholesale prescription drug importation
program and report the plan to the Governor and the Chairmen of the
House Committees on Appropriations and Health, Welfare and Institutions
and the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and Education
and Health by December 1, 2022, and (ii) seek such federal approvals,
waivers, exemptions, or agreements as may be necessary to enable
all covered entities enrolled in or eligible for the federal 340B
Drug Pricing Program to participate in the wholesale prescription
drug importation program to the greatest extent possible without
jeopardizing their eligibility for the 340B Drug Pricing Program
by July 1, 2023.