Bill Title: Creates the Pharmaceutical Recovery Act. Requires covered manufacturers to, no later than July 1, 2021 or 6 months after becoming a covered manufacturer, whichever is later, participate in an approved drug take-back program or have established and implemented a drug take-back program independently or as part of a group of covered manufacturers. Provides requirements for the drug take-back program and for manufacturer program operators. Requires each manufacturer program operator to submit a proposal for the establishment and implementation of a drug take-back program to the Environmental Protection Agency for review and approval. Contains provisions regarding changes or modifications to drug take-back programs, promotion of drug take-back programs, annual reports, funding, and reimbursement. Requires covered manufacturers and manufacturer program operators to submit an annual $5,000 registration fee. Provides civil penalties. Creates the Pharmaceutical Take-Back Reimbursement Program Fund and makes a conforming change in the State Finance Act. Contains other provisions. Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that proprietary information submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency under the Pharmaceutical Recovery Act is exempt from inspection and copying under the Act. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4888 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-017	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Fred Crespo [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-044	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Marcus Evans [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-033	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Grant Wehrli [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-041	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Terra Costa Howard [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-042	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Daniel Didech [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-059	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Mary Edly-Allen [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-031	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Bob Morgan [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-058	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative LaShawn Ford [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-008	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Robyn Gabel [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-018	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jonathan Pizer [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-012	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Katie Stuart [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-112	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kelly Cassidy [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-014	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator John Connor [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-043	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Will Guzzardi [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-039	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Ann Williams [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-011	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Deborah Conroy [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-046	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Anne Stava-Murray [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-081	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Barbara Hernandez [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-050	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Michelle Mussman [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-056	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Theresa Mah [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-024	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Rita Mayfield [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-060	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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