Proposed S.B. No. 142
Session Year 2019

AN ACT REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO ESTABLISH A WHOLESALE PRESCRIPTION DRUG IMPORTATION PROGRAM.

To ensure that people have options when purchasing high-cost prescription drugs by establishing a program to allow for the wholesale importation of prescription drugs from Canada.

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