THE SENATE
THE TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2014

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH
Senator Josh Green, Chair
Senator Rosalyn H. Baker, Vice-Chair

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
Senator Rosalyn H. Baker, Chair
Senator Brian T. Taniguchi, Vice-Chair

MEASURES DEFERRED TO MONDAY, FEBRUARY 03, 2014

DATE:

Monday, February 03, 2014

TIME:

1:15 PM

PLACE:

Conference Room 229
State Capitol
415 South Beretania Street

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

SB2173
Status and Testimony

RELATING TO HEALTH.
Imposes dollar limits on specialty tiers in order to protect patients from unaffordable coinsurance or copayment amounts.  Limits patients' coinsurance or copayment fees for specialty tier drugs to $150 per month for up to a thirty day period supply.  Allow patients to request an exception to obtain a specialty drug that would not otherwise be available on a health plan formulary.

HTH/CPN, WAM

SB2055
Status and Testimony

RELATING TO NARCOTIC DRUGS.
Amends prescriptive authority for narcotic drugs listed in schedule III of the controlled substances act by:  requiring a written prescription from a practitioner; limiting the prescriptions to a thirty day supply with no refill; and limiting who may prescribe these drugs.

HTH/CPN, JDL

No testimony will be accepted.

FOR AMENDED NOTICES:  Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 808-586-9385.