SB 5917-S - DIGEST
(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)

Provides that the purpose of this act is to require disclosure and reporting of gifts, grants, and gratuities made by pharmaceutical manufacturing companies, directly or indirectly, to any person or entity authorized to prescribe, dispense, or purchase prescription drugs in Washington.

Provides that the attorney general may bring an action in Thurston county superior court for injunctive relief, costs, and attorneys' fees, and to impose on a pharmaceutical manufacturing company that fails to disclose as required by this act a civil penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars per violation. Each unlawful failure to disclose constitutes a separate violation.