Massachusetts Senate Bill 2492

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 28-9-1-1)
Status: Introduced on October 30 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-11-15 - Read second
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

For legislationfor legislationfor legislationfor legislationfor legislationfor legislationfor legislation to bring down the cost of prescription drugs; of Nicholas A. Boldyga relative to establishing a prescription drug rebate program for seniors; of Edward F. Coppinger and others relative to promoting comprehensive transparency in the pharmaceutical industry; of Kate Hogan relative to the pricing of prescription drugs; of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., and others that the Health Policy Commission and health insurers create listings of certain high cost prescription drugs and that the Attorney General require drug manufacturers to provide information to justify increases in costs; of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., and others for an investigation by a special commission (including members of the General Court) relative to contracts between the MassHealth program and pharmaceutical benefit managers; of John J. Lawn, Jr., and others relative to pharmacy benefit managers; of William M. Straus relative to drug prices paid by carriers; and of Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida, Michael J. Soter and David F. DeCoste relative to pharmacy benefit managers reimbursements to pharmacies in the Commonwealth, reports the accompanying bill (Senate, No. 2492).

Relative to pharmaceutical access, costs and transparency

House Joint Committee on Health Care Financing	Sen. Cindy Friedman [D]	Rep. Nicholas Boldyga [R]	Rep. Edward Coppinger [D]
Rep. Kate Hogan [D]	Rep. Bradley Jones [R]	Rep. John Lawn [D]	Rep. William Straus [D]
Sen. Rebecca Rausch [D]	Rep. Rodney Elliott [D]	Rep. Steven Owens [D]	Rep. Susannah Whipps Lee [I]
Rep. Samantha Montano [D]	Rep. Susan Gifford [R]	Rep. Michael Finn [D]	Sen. Joanne Comerford [D]
Rep. Natalie Higgins [D]	Rep. Fred Barrows [R]	Rep. William Pignatelli [D]	Rep. Jack Lewis [D]
Rep. Josh Cutler [D]	Rep. Marcus Vaughn [R]	Rep. William Driscoll [D]	Sen. Jason Lewis [D]
Rep. Angelo D'Emilia [R]	Rep. Christopher Hendricks [D]	Sen. Patrick O'Connor [R]	Rep. Kimberly Ferguson [R]
Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa [D]	Sen. James Eldridge [D]	Sen. Julian Cyr [D]	Sen. Patricia Jehlen [D]
Rep. Carole Fiola [D]	Sen. Paul Feeney [D]	Sen. Michael Moore [D]	Rep. Mindy Domb [D]
Sen. Bruce Tarr [R]	Rep. Carmine Gentile [D]	Rep. Vanna Howard [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-11-15	Senate	Read second
2023-11-09	Senate	Placed in the Orders of the Day for Wednesday, November 15, 2023
2023-11-09	Senate	Order relative to subject matter adopted
2023-11-09	Senate	Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting a new draft, see S2499
2023-10-30	Senate	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
2023-10-30	Senate	New draft of S732, S749, S767, S778, S783, S784, S797, H619, H1176, H1201, H1205, H1206, H1215, H1246 and H1247
2023-10-30	Senate	Reported from the committee on Health Care Financing

S732 (Replaces) 2023-10-30 - Accompanied a new draft, see S2492
S2499 (Replaced by) 2023-11-15 - Bills in the Third Reading report, substituting a new draft S2520, accepted
S2520 (Similar To) 2024-07-25 - Committee of conference appointed - (Lawn-F. Moran-Barrows), in concurrence
S749 (Similar To) 2023-10-30 - Accompanied a new draft, see S2492

Type	Source
Summary	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/S2492
Text	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/S2492.pdf