1244-S AMH .... CORN 069

SHB 1244 - H AMD 669

By Representative Hinkle

WITHDRAWN 4/24/2009

    On page 62, line 17, after "price" insert the following:

    ", except that specialty pharmacy products that require additional services such as injection or infusion therapies, biotechnology drugs, high-cost therapies, and therapies that require complex care shall continue to be reimbursed at fourteen percent less than the average wholesale price"

EFFECT:   Maintains reimbursement for specialty pharmacy products at fourteen percent less than the average wholesale price.

FISCAL IMPACT: Increases to General Fund--State and General Fund--Federal appropriatiosn are indeterminate.

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