AN ACT CONCERNING THE RETURN OF UNUSED PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRODUCTS.


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 5989*
*January Session, 2005*		LCO No. 2150

Referred to Committee on Public Health
Introduced by:
REP. CHRIST, 11^th Dist. REP. CURREY, 10^th Dist. REP. STONE, 9^th Dist. SEN. LEBEAU, 3^rd Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE RETURN OF UNUSED PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRODUCTS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That chapter 319v of the general statutes be amended to provide that any vendor pharmacy which distributes drug products utilized by residents of a group home, residential facility or shelter operated by the Department of Mental Retardation or the Department of Children and Families, shall accept for repackaging and reimbursement pharmacy drug products that were dispensed to a resident of any such facility and not used, provided certain safety standards for the return of the unused drug products are met.

Statement of Purpose:

To allow the state to save money on prescription drug costs through an expansion of the return of unused prescription drug products program.