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• Introduced by Sen. Roger Kahn (R) on May 23, 2007, to require the Department of Community Health to create a web site listing the 150 most common drugs used by the state’s medical assistance program and certain other drugs; the “usual and customary” price paid under that medical assistance program; the location of a nearby pharmacy where a person who logs on to the web site can buy the drugs at that price; and other information related to drugs. Also, to require the department to maintain a toll-free telephone number that would give out information on government prescription drug subsidy and information programs.
  • Referred to the Senate Health Policy Committee on May 23, 2007.
    • Reported in the Senate on July 10, 2007, with the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Substitute offered in the Senate on July 25, 2007, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance of the bill as previously described. The substitute passed by voice vote in the Senate on July 25, 2007.
• Passed 26 to 6 in the Senate on August 1, 2007.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the House on August 1, 2007.
  • Referred to the House Health Policy Committee on August 1, 2007.