CHAPTER 26

S.P. 406 - L.D. 1178

An Act Regarding Access to Prescription Drugs and

Reimportation

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. Governor's Committee To Study the Feasibility of Importation of Prescription Drugs. The Governor's Office of Health Policy and Finance shall reconvene the Governor's Committee To Study the Feasibility of Importation of Prescription Drugs, referred to in this section as "the committee," and shall change the membership and the duties of the committee as follows.

1. The membership must be changed to ensure that the committee includes representatives of the following entities and interest groups: community pharmacies; the Maine Pharmacy Association; the Office of the Attorney General; consumers; organizations representing elderly persons; pharmacy benefit managers; insurance carriers; one Senator appointed by the President of the Senate and one member of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House and representatives of the National Legislative Association on Prescription Drug Pricing; the Maine Medical Association; the Department of Health and Human Services, Bureau of Medical Services and Bureau of Elder and Adult Services; and the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation.

2. The duties must be changed to include developing a plan to prepare the State to implement drug reimportation upon approval of the Federal Government through federal legislation or approval of a waiver request. The plan must include the following: