Bill Text: TX HB4002 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to an interim study regarding international price discrimination in pharmaceuticals.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-27 - Left pending in committee [HB4002 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB4002-Introduced.html
| By: Burrows | H.B. No. 4002 | |
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| relating to an interim study regarding international price | ||
| discrimination in pharmaceuticals. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. INTERIM COMMITTEE; STUDY. (a) The joint interim | ||
| committee on pharmaceutical pricing is established to study and | ||
| review the impacts of international pharmaceutical price | ||
| discrimination on the people of Texas as well as on the state | ||
| government. | ||
| (b) The study must consider: | ||
| (1) the reasoning behind pharmaceutical companies | ||
| pricing on the international market; | ||
| (2) any changes in the cost of pharmaceuticals under | ||
| the Affordable Care Act; | ||
| (3) the amount to which the American public subsidizes | ||
| the international pharmaceutical market, research and development, | ||
| and other costs; and | ||
| (4) the impacts of price discrimination on: | ||
| (A) individual citizens of this state; and | ||
| (B) the budget of this state; | ||
| (c) The joint interim committee shall be composed of the | ||
| members of the international trade and intergovernmental affairs | ||
| committee of the house of representatives, and the | ||
| intergovernmental relations committee of the senate. | ||
| (d) The chairmen of each respective committee shall serve as | ||
| co-chairs for the joint interim committee. | ||
| (e) The joint interim committee shall convene at the call of | ||
| one of the co-chairs. | ||
| (f) The joint interim committee has all other powers and | ||
| duties provided to a special or select committee by the rules of the | ||
| senate and house of representatives, by Subchapter B, Chapter 301, | ||
| Government Code, and by policies of the senate and house committees | ||
| on administration. | ||
| (g) Not later than January 6, 2017, the joint interim | ||
| committee shall report the committee's findings to the lieutenant | ||
| governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the | ||
| governor. | ||
| (h) From the contingent expense fund of the senate and the | ||
| contingent expense fund of the house of representatives equally, | ||
| the members of the joint interim committee shall be reimbursed for | ||
| expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this Act in | ||
| accordance with the senate and house of representatives rules of | ||
| procedure and the policies of the committees on administration. | ||
| Other necessary expenses of operation shall be paid from the | ||
| contingent expense fund of the senate and the contingent expense | ||
| fund of the house of representatives equally. | ||
| (i) The Texas Legislative Council shall provide legal and | ||
| policy research, bill drafting, and statistical analysis services | ||
| to the committee created under this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. ABOLITION OF COMMITTEE. The committee is | ||
| abolished and this Act expires January 12, 2017. | ||
| SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect | ||
| immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members | ||
| elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas | ||
| Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for | ||
| immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
