Mississippi House Bill 829 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on March 3 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Direct The State Department Of Health To Develop And Implement A State-administered Wholesale Prescription Drug Importation Program That Is Safe For Mississippi Consumers And Generates Substantial Savings For Mississippi Consumers; To Provide That Under The Program, The State Of Mississippi Will Be The Licensed Wholesaler, Importing Drugs From A Licensed, Regulated Canadian Supplier, Solely For Distribution To Voluntarily Participating, State-licensed, In-state, Pharmacies And Administering Providers For The Exclusive Purpose Of Dispensing To State Residents With A Valid Prescription; To Specify The Issues That The Department Must Address In Developing The Program For Federal Certification; To Provide That The Department Will Submit A Formal Request To The Secretary Of The United States Department Of Health And Human Services For Certification Of The Program And Begin Implementation Of The Program And Have The Program Operational Within Six Months After The Date Of The Secretary's Certification; To Provide That The Department Shall Make Regular Reports To Legislative Committees On The Development And Implentation Of The Program; And For Related Purposes.

Prescription drugs; direct Health Department to establish a wholesale importation program for.

Rep. Becky Currie [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-03	House	Died In Committee
2020-02-13	House	Referred To Public Health and Human Services

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/history/HB/HB0829.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0829IN.htm