Bill Text: CT SB00055 | 2012 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

Connecticut Senate Bill 55 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: An Act Expanding The Membership Of The Pharmaceutical And Therapeutics Committee.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-04-30 - House Calendar Number 471 [SB00055 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2012-SB00055-Comm_Sub.html

General Assembly		*Substitute Bill No. 55*
*February Session, 2012*		_____SB00055HS____041812____

AN ACT EXPANDING THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL AND THERAPEUTICS COMMITTEE.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 17b-274d of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(b) The Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics Committee shall be comprised as specified in 42 USC 1396r-8 and shall consist of [fourteen] fifteen members appointed by the Governor. [Five] Six members shall be physicians licensed pursuant to chapter 370, including one general practitioner, one pediatrician, one geriatrician, one psychiatrist, one child psychiatrist and one specialist in family planning, four members shall be pharmacists licensed pursuant to chapter 400j, two members shall be visiting nurses, one specializing in adult care and one specializing in psychiatric care, one member shall be a clinician designated by the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services, one member shall be a representative of pharmaceutical manufacturers and one member shall be a consumer representative. The committee may, on an ad hoc basis, seek the participation of other state agencies or other interested parties in its deliberations. The members shall serve for terms of two years from the date of their appointment. Members may be appointed to more than one term. The Commissioner of Social Services, or the commissioner's designee, shall convene the committee following the Governor's designation of appointments. The administrative staff of the Department of Social Services shall serve as staff for said committee and assist with all ministerial duties. The Governor shall ensure that the committee membership includes Medicaid participating physicians and pharmacists, with experience serving recipients of medical assistance.