Bill Text: CT SB00173 | 2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut Senate Bill 173 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Dispensing Fee For Independent Pharmacies.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-21 - Referred to Joint Committee on Human Services [SB00173 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2012-SB00173-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 173*
*February Session, 2012*		LCO No. 607

Referred to Committee on Human Services
Introduced by:
SEN. MCKINNEY, 28^th Dist. SEN. FASANO, 34^th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE DISPENSING FEE FOR INDEPENDENT PHARMACIES.

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

That section 17b-280 of the general statutes be amended to increase the professional fee paid to independently-owned licensed pharmacies from two dollars for each prescription dispensed to a recipient of benefits under a medical assistance program administered by the Department of Social Services to four dollars for each such prescription.

Statement of Purpose:

To help small independent pharmacies by doubling the dispensing fee paid for each prescription filled.