Mississippi House Bill 279 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: Failed on March 3 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create The "prohibition On Price Gouging For Essential Drugs Act"; To Define "price Gouging" And Certain Other Terms; To Prohibit Manufacturers And Wholesale Distributors Of Essential Generic Drugs From Engaging In Price Gouging; To Require The Division Of Medicaid And Department Of Human Services To Notify The Attorney General Of Excessive Price Increases For Essential Generic Drugs; To Authorize The Attorney General To Request Certain Information From Drug Manufacturers And To Institute Proceedings For Violations Of This Act; To Authorize The Imposition Of A Civil Penalty In The Amount Of $100,000.00 For Violations; And For Related Purposes.

Prohibition on Price Gouging for Essential Drugs Act; create.

Rep. Christopher Bell [D]

Rep. Otis Anthony [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-03	House	Died In Committee
2020-01-27	House	Referred To Public Health and Human Services;Judiciary A

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/history/HB/HB0279.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0279IN.htm