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2024 Session

Budget Amendments - HB30 (Floor Approved)

HB 570 Prescription Drug Affordability Board

Item 283.10 #1h

Item 283.10 #1h

First Year - FY2025 Second Year - FY2026
Health and Human Resources
Department of Health FY2025 $648,000 FY2026 $648,000 GF
FY2025 3.00 FY2026 3.00 FTE

Language
Page 317, after line 5, insert:

"283.10 Establish Prescription Drug Affordability Board$648,000$648,000
Fund Sources:  General $648,000 $648,000 "


Explanation

(This amendment provides $648,000 from the general fund each year over the 2024-26 biennium and three positions for the fiscal impact of House Bill 570, which establishes the Prescription Drug Affordability Board for the purpose of identifying high cost prescription drugs; reviewing pricing and cost information, conducting affordability reviews of selected prescription drug products, and if necessary, setting an upper payment limit, which shall apply to all purchases and payer reimbursements for the product dispensed in the Commonwealth.)