Bill Text: MI HB4154 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Health; pharmaceuticals; annual report on the costs associated with prescription drugs; require manufacturers of prescription drugs to file under certain circumstances. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding sec. 17748e.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-07 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 02/06/2019 [HB4154 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2019-HB4154-Introduced.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL No. 4154

 

 

February 6, 2019, Introduced by Rep. Vaupel and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.

 

     A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

 

"Public health code,"

 

(MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211) by adding section 17748e.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 17748e. (1) Beginning in 2019, a manufacturer shall file

 

an annual report with the department of health and human services

 

on costs associated with a prescription drug for the preceding

 

calendar year if the prescription drug meets 1 of the following and

 

is distributed for sale in this state by the manufacturer:

 

     (a) The prescription drug is remanufactured resulting in a

 


decrease in the prescription drug's shelf life.

 

     (b) The prescription drug has an annual wholesale acquisition

 

price of $10,000.00 or more.

 

     (c) The prescription drug has a wholesale acquisition price of

 

$10,000.00 or more per course of treatment.

 

     (d) The prescription drug has a wholesale acquisition price

 

that has increased by a total of 25% or more during the 5 years

 

immediately preceding the calendar year covered by the report or by

 

5% or more during the preceding calendar year.

 

     (2) A report filed under subsection (1) must be filed on or

 

before May 1 of each year, beginning May 1, 2019, in a form and

 

manner prescribed by the department of health and human services

 

and must contain an itemized account of all of the following

 

information for the calendar year covered by the report:

 

     (a) Total costs paid by the manufacturer and any predecessor

 

manufacturer for manufacturing and distributing the prescription

 

drug.

 

     (b) Costs paid by the manufacturer or any predecessor

 

manufacturer for researching and developing the prescription drug,

 

including, but not limited to, all of the following:

 

     (i) Costs for researching and developing the prescription drug

 

with money made available to the manufacturer or predecessor

 

manufacturer through a federal, state, or other governmental

 

program or through a subsidy, grant, or other form of monetary

 

support.

 

     (ii) After-tax research and development costs for the

 

prescription drug.


     (iii) Costs of clinical trials for the prescription drug.

 

     (c) Research and development costs paid by a third party for

 

the prescription drug.

 

     (d) Costs paid by the manufacturer or any predecessor

 

manufacturer for acquiring the prescription drug, including, but

 

not limited to, costs paid for purchasing a patent or licensing the

 

prescription drug or costs paid to acquire a property right to the

 

prescription drug.

 

     (e) The costs paid by the manufacturer for marketing and

 

advertising the prescription drug to consumers of the prescription

 

drug, including any costs associated with offering and redeeming

 

coupons or other discounts including rebates.

 

     (f) The aggregate rebates paid by the manufacturer to pharmacy

 

benefit managers that are related to the use of the prescription

 

drug by health insurers.

 

     (3) In addition to the itemized accounting of the costs

 

described in subsection (2), a report filed under subsection (1)

 

must contain all of the following information for the calendar year

 

covered by the report:

 

     (a) Each increase in the wholesale acquisition price of the

 

prescription drug for that year, expressed as a percentage of the

 

wholesale acquisition price, and the date on which each increase

 

occurred.

 

     (b) The price for the prescription drug that is charged to

 

consumers of the prescription drug who are located in a country

 

other than the United States, as required by the department of

 

health and human services.


     (4) A manufacturer must obtain an audit by an independent

 

third party of a report prepared under this section before the

 

report is filed under subsection (1). The manufacturer shall select

 

the third party from among a list of potential auditors made

 

available by the department of health and human services.

 

     (5) After completing an audit under subsection (4), the third

 

party that conducted the audit shall file a summary of the audit

 

with the department of health and human services on or before May 1

 

of the following year, in a form and manner prescribed by the

 

department of health and human services. The manufacturer shall pay

 

all costs associated with auditing and filing a summary under this

 

subsection.

 

     (6) The department of health and human services shall post on

 

its internet website a searchable database with data from the

 

reports filed under subsection (1) and any information that the

 

department of health and human services determines is necessary to

 

assist the general public in understanding the data.

 

     (7) A manufacturer that fails to file the report required

 

under subsection (1) is subject to an administrative fine of

 

$100,000.00 per month for every month that the report is not filed

 

in accordance with this section.

 

     (8) The department of health and human services, in

 

consultation with the department and the board, may promulgate

 

rules to implement this section.

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