Amend the bill in section 1 in §2687 by striking out all of subsection 1 (page 1, lines 6 to 15 in L.D.) and inserting the following:

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This amendment shortens the written comment period on proposed changes to the state maximum allowable cost list that will result in reductions in payments to pharmacies from 60 days, as in the bill, to 17 days. It changes the provision of the bill that prohibits such a change from taking effect until 90 days after the Department of Health and Human Services has completed its response to written comments to provide that such a change may not take effect for at least 30 days and not until 30 days after the department has completed its response.