House Committee on Health Care (Room 45)

Wednesday, March 28, 2018

9:00 AM

S.175 - An act relating to the wholesale importation of prescription drugs into Vermont

Sec. 1, Importation of drugs, continued; Section 2, Bulk purchasing

• Cory Gustafson, Commissioner, Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA)
• Nancy Hogue, Director of Pharmacy Services, Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA)
• David Englander, Senior Policy and Legal Advisor, Vermont Department of Health
• Theo Kennedy, Lobbyist, Vermont Retail Druggists
• Jeff Hochberg, President, Vermont Retail Druggists
• Ashlie Van Meter, Senior Dir. State Gov't. Affairs, The Assoc. for Accessible Medicines

10:30 AM

S.175 - An act relating to the wholesale importation of prescription drugs into Vermont

Section 6: "Gag rule"

• Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
• Jeff Hochberg, President, Vermont Retail Druggists
• Heather Shouldice, Lobbyist, Vermont Association of Chain Drug Stores
• Jamie Feehan, Lobbyist, CVS/Caremark
• Andrew MacLean, Lobbyist, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
• Susan Gretkowski, Senior Government Affairs Strategist, MVP Healthcare

11:30 AM

H.713 - An act relating to prohibiting price gouging for essential off-patent or generic drugs

Walk-through of these two prescription drug bills

• Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
• Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

FLOOR

2:20 PM

Prescription Drugs

Review of the language in H.866 of 2016, prescription drug manufacturer cost transparency

• Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

2:45 PM

S.140 - An act relating to using a single wholesale drug distributor to supply prescription drugs for Vermont Medicaid

• Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
• Jeff Hochberg, President, Vermont Retail Druggists