Legislature(2011 - 2012)BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
03/13/2012 01:30 PM Senate LABOR & COMMERCE
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SB217 | |
HB168 | |
SB28 | |
Adjourn |
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
*+ | SB 28 | TELECONFERENCED | |
+= | HB 168 | TELECONFERENCED | |
+= | SB 217 | TELECONFERENCED | |
SB 217-PHARMACY AUDITS 1:36:22 PM CHAIR EGAN announced consideration of SB 217. He invited his staff to explain the proposed committee substitute (CS). 1:37:21 PM SENATOR MENARD joined the committee. DANA OWEN, staff to Senator Egan and the Senate Labor and Commerce Committee, explained the CS to SB 217(L&C), labeled 27- LS1411\B. A number of grammatical changes were made along with a number of additions. On page 1, line 8, in section 1 "such" was replaced by "those" for clarification. In section 2 on page 2, line 7, new paragraph (3) was added that limits the number of prescriptions an auditor may audit to 75. They have been informed that standard audits run somewhere between 25 and 125 prescriptions and can run many more than that. On page 2, line 18, the phrase "may not be the basis for finding fraud;" replaces "may not constitute fraud;" for grammatical clarity. On page 2, line 21, "only provide information" was replaced with "provide information only" to clarify the intent. 1:39:09 PM On page 2, line 13, a new paragraph (13) was added to ensure that a prescription mailed or delivered at the request of a patient may not be the basis for a charge back recoupment or penalty. He said that Southeast Alaska has actually had some experience with this; most of the current contracts call for the auditors to be able to hold back the entire amount of a prescription if it has been mail ordered and they have a branch of their business. On page 3, line 7, "documented telephone calls from a prescriber or prescriber's agent" was added to be able to validate a pharmacy record. On page 3, lines 25-27, subsection (b) was rewritten to clarify that this bill does not apply to Medicaid audits. With that, Mr. Owen offered to answer questions. 1:40:40 PM SENATOR MENARD asked him to sum up the two letters of objection in their packet. MR. OWEN responded that previous testimony had indicated that audits are an effective way to make sure fraud and mistakes are not made in the business practices of dispensing drugs, and that they are useful for holding down costs. Some people have argued that the bill is unnecessary and the audits are working well the way they are, but the committee has also heard testimony otherwise. SENATOR MENARD said she had heard that overall one of the objections is that pharmacies don't get ample notice, that it goes from one day to the next and then they want an intensive audit to happen. SENATOR GIESSEL moved to adopt CSSB 217( ), version B, for discussion purposes. CHAIR EGAN objected for further discussion. He found no further comments. SENATOR DAVIS moved to report CSSB 217 (L&C), version 27- LS1411\B, from committee with individual recommendations and attached fiscal note(s). There were no objections and it was so ordered.
Document Name | Date/Time | Subjects |
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SB 28 AAA fuel gauge report.PDF |
SL&C 3/13/2012 1:30:00 PM |
SB 28 |
SB 28 AlaskaSeattle6yearComp.pdf |
SL&C 3/13/2012 1:30:00 PM |
SB 28 |
SB 28 Refiner Margins.pdf |
SL&C 3/13/2012 1:30:00 PM |
SB 28 |
SB0028A.pdf |
SL&C 3/13/2012 1:30:00 PM |
SB 28 |
SB 28 Letters to Editor.pdf |
SL&C 3/13/2012 1:30:00 PM |
SB 28 |
SB28 Past Investigations.pdf |
SL&C 3/13/2012 1:30:00 PM |
SB 28 |
SB28 Sponsor Statement.pdf |
SL&C 3/13/2012 1:30:00 PM |
SB 28 |
SB 28 lttr opposing, Tesoro 2012-03-13.pdf |
SL&C 3/13/2012 1:30:00 PM |
SB 28 |
HB 168 lttr opposing, Alaska Conservation Alliance 031212.pdf |
SL&C 3/13/2012 1:30:00 PM |
HB 168 |
HB 168 supporting testimony, Portman 031312.PDF |
SL&C 3/13/2012 1:30:00 PM |
HB 168 |