Bill Title: Creates the Prescription Drug Ethical Marketing Act. Requires every manufacturer and labeler that sells prescription drugs in the State to disclose to the Director of Public Health the value, nature, and purpose of any gift, fee, payment, subsidy, or other economic benefit provided in connection with detailing or promotional or other marketing activities by the company, directly or through its pharmaceutical marketers, to any physician, hospital, nursing home, pharmacist, health benefit plan administrator, or any other person in the State authorized to prescribe or dispense prescription drugs. Requires the Director to report to the Governor and the General Assembly on the disclosures. Provides exceptions to the disclosures. Provides for injunctive relief and civil penalties for failure to disclose. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Prescription Drug Ethical Marketing Fund.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-26 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington [HB0332 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Deborah Mell [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-040	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Eddie Washington [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-060	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Fred Crespo [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-044	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jack Franks [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-063	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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