Public Act 73 of 2005

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• Introduced by Sen. Bill Hardiman (R) on March 24, 2005, to eliminate a prohibition against Michigan pharmacies selling prescription drugs by mail order, and to provide regulations and accountability standards for centralized prescription processing in which different pharmacies transfer prescriptions over a real-time, on-line database.
  • Referred to the Senate Health Policy Committee on March 24, 2005.
    • Reported in the Senate on May 10, 2005, with the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Substitute offered in the Senate on May 11, 2005, to replace the previous version of the bill with one tie-barred to House Bill 4434, which will contain the elimination of the prohibition against mail order drug sales. The substitute passed in the Senate by voice vote on May 11, 2005.
  • Amendment offered by Sen. Gilda Jacobs (D) on May 12, 2005, to establish Jan. 1, 2007 as the date the bill goes into effect. The amendment failed in the Senate (16 to 21) on May 12, 2005. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Passed in the Senate (37 to 0) on May 12, 2005, to allow and provide regulations and accountability standards for centralized prescription processing in which different pharmacies transfer prescriptions over a real-time, on-line database. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the House on May 17, 2005.
  • Referred to the House Health Policy Committee on May 17, 2005.
    • Reported in the House on May 24, 2005, without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.
  • Substitute offered by Rep. Scott Hummel (R) on May 25, 2005, to adopt a version of the bill that is not tie-barred to House Bill 4434. The substitute failed in the House by voice vote on May 25, 2005.
  • Substitute offered by Rep. Scott Hummel (R) on May 25, 2005, to adopt a version of the bill that is tie-barred to House Bill 4434. The substitute passed in the House by voice vote on May 25, 2005.
• Passed in the House (108 to 0) on May 25, 2005, to allow and provide regulations and accountability standards for centralized prescription processing in which different pharmacies transfer prescriptions over a real-time, on-line database. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the Senate on May 31, 2005.
• Passed in the Senate (37 to 0) on June 29, 2005, to concur with the House-passed version of the bill. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on July 19, 2005.