SB 6020 - DIGEST

Declares an intent to license Canadian prescription drug wholesalers, thereby providing licensed retail pharmacies the opportunity to purchase prescription drugs from approved Canadian wholesalers and pass those savings on to consumers, and providing consumers the opportunity to purchase prescription drugs from a trusted community pharmacist who is aware of all of their prescription drug needs.

Provides that, by December 1, 2005, the board, in consultation with the department and the health care authority, shall submit a detailed implementation plan to the governor and appropriate committees of the legislature that details the mechanisms that the board will use to implement each component of this act.