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Committee backs bill protecting 340B participation for in-state hospitals and pharmacies; reporting amendment fails
Summary
The Industry, Business and Labor Committee voted 10-2 to give House Bill 1473 a do-pass recommendation. Debate centered on protecting rural hospitals and independent pharmacies participating in the federal 340B drug-pricing program, and on proposed reporting and in-state pharmacy limits; one submitted in-state limitation amendment failed 5-7-2.
The Industry, Business and Labor Committee voted to give House Bill 1473 a do-pass recommendation after several hours of debate over protections for hospitals and pharmacies participating in the federal 340B drug-pricing program and proposed reporting requirements.
Representative Ulmer moved adoption of an amendment submitted by hospital stakeholders; that motion was withdrawn and the committee instead considered a separate in-state pharmacy limitation offered by Representative Shower and seconded by Representative Koppelman. That in-state limitation'language, which would have made the bill apply only to physical contract-pharmacy locations in North Dakota, failed on a roll call (yes: 5; no: 7; absent: 2). The committee then considered the original bill.
The principal question in committee testimony and member remarks was whether…
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