House File 409

                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  HEATON


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to establishing a pharmaceutical discount
  2    clearinghouse and hotline, and making an appropriation.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2793YH 80
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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  155A.40  PHARMACEUTICAL DISCOUNT
  1  2 CLEARINGHOUSE AND HOTLINE == ESTABLISHED.
  1  3    The Iowa department of public health, in cooperation with
  1  4 the university of Iowa college of pharmacy and the Drake
  1  5 university college of pharmacy, shall establish a
  1  6 pharmaceutical discount clearinghouse and hotline to provide
  1  7 information regarding pharmaceutical drug discount programs to
  1  8 the public.
  1  9    Sec. 2.  APPROPRIATION == PHARMACEUTICAL DISCOUNT
  1 10 CLEARINGHOUSE AND HOTLINE.  There is appropriated from the
  1 11 senior living trust fund created in section 249H.4 to the Iowa
  1 12 department of public health, for the fiscal year beginning
  1 13 July 1, 2003, and ending June 30, 2004, the following amount,
  1 14 or so much thereof as is necessary, to establish and
  1 15 administer, in cooperation with the university of Iowa college
  1 16 of pharmacy and the Drake university college of pharmacy, a
  1 17 pharmaceutical discount clearinghouse and hotline as
  1 18 established pursuant to section 155A.40:
  1 19 .................................................. $     50,000
  1 20                           EXPLANATION
  1 21    This bill directs the Iowa department of public health, in
  1 22 cooperation with the university of Iowa college of pharmacy
  1 23 and the Drake university college of pharmacy, to establish a
  1 24 pharmaceutical discount clearinghouse and hotline to provide
  1 25 information regarding pharmaceutical drug discount programs to
  1 26 the public.  The bill also appropriates $50,000 for fiscal
  1 27 year 2003=2004 to the Iowa department of public health to
  1 28 establish and administer the clearinghouse and hotline.
  1 29 LSB 2793YH 80
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