HB 1541-S2 - DIGEST |
(AS OF HOUSE 2ND READING 2/07/18) |
Requires the office of financial management to use a competitive procurement process to select a data organization to collect, verify, and summarize the prescription drug pricing data provided by issuers and manufacturers. |
Requires an issuer to submit certain prescription drug cost and utilization data to the data organization for the previous calendar year. |
Requires a covered manufacturer to report certain data for each covered drug to the data organization. |
Requires the data organization to compile the data submitted by issuers and manufacturers and: (1) Prepare an annual report for the public and the legislature summarizing the data; and |
(2) Provide the report to the office of financial management and the joint select committee on health care oversight. |
Requires the state health care authority to provide: (1) An update to the relevant committees of the legislature regarding its review of and efforts to implement value-based purchasing and return on investment pricing strategies for prescription drugs; and |
(2) Recommendations for legislation to improve transparency with respect to comparing prescription drug prices with value metrics. |
Provides that this act is null and void if appropriations are not approved. |