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House Amendment 1668

Amendment Text

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  1  1    Amend House File 732 as follows:
  1  2    #1.  Page 48, by striking lines 14 through 17, and
  1  3 inserting the following:
  1  4    "b.  (1)  For the fiscal year beginning July 1,
  1  5 2001, the department shall reimburse pharmacy
  1  6 dispensing fees using a single rate of $5.17 per
  1  7 prescription or the pharmacy's usual and customary
  1  8 fee, whichever is lower."
  1  9    #2.  Page 48, by inserting after line 30, the
  1 10 following:
  1 11    "(5)  Beginning October 1, 2001, the department
  1 12 shall implement a state maximum allowable cost list
  1 13 for prescription drugs.  The department shall consult
  1 14 with its fiscal agent and the drug utilization review
  1 15 commission, at no additional cost to the department,
  1 16 to determine the drug list that will provide the
  1 17 department with the most significant cost savings in
  1 18 the shortest period of time.  In order to expedite
  1 19 implementation, the department may implement the drug
  1 20 list using a sole source contract during the initial
  1 21 year of implementation.  The department shall report
  1 22 to the general assembly and the governor, on or before
  1 23 January 14, 2002, identifying the entity with which
  1 24 the department enters the contract to implement the
  1 25 program and whether the contract is a sole source
  1 26 contract.  The report shall include a recommendation
  1 27 regarding continuation of the initial contract, and if
  1 28 the initial contract is a sole source contract,
  1 29 whether a sole source process or a request for
  1 30 proposals process should be used to determine the
  1 31 contractor for any subsequent contract entered into
  1 32 during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2002." 
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  1 34 
  1 35                               
  1 36 HEATON of Henry
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  1 39                               
  1 40 OSTERHAUS of Jackson 
  1 41 HF 732.504 79
  1 42 pf/pj

Text: H01667                            Text: H01669
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