An Act relative to pharmaceutical access, costs and transparency

Reported by Senate Committee on Ways and Means · 191st General Court · the legislature's own page

S2397 · Bill

30 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

Date	Branch	Action
2019-11-07	Senate	Reported form the committee on Senate Ways and Means
2019-11-07	Senate	Recommended new draft for S733
2019-11-07	Senate	Placed in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, November 14, 2019
2019-11-14	Senate	Amendment #1 (Keenan) rejected
2019-11-14	Senate	Amendment #2 (Lesser) rejected
2019-11-14	Senate	Amendment #6 (Kennedy) rejected
2019-11-14	Senate	Amendment #10 (Lesser) rejected
2019-11-14	Senate	Amendment #12 (Cyr) adopted
2019-11-14	Senate	Amendment #16 (Tran) rejected
2019-11-14	Senate	Amendment #19 (DiZoglio) rejected
2019-11-14	Senate	Amendment #21 (Cyr) rejected
2019-11-14	Senate	Amendment #27 (Lewis) adopted
2019-11-14	Senate	Amendment #31 (Tarr) adopted -see Roll Call #124 [38 YEAS to 1 NAY]
2019-11-14	Senate	Amendment #34 (Tarr) rejected
2019-11-14	Senate	Amendment #37 (Fattman) rejected
2019-11-14	Senate	Amendment #42 (Montigny) rejected
2019-11-14	Senate	Amendment #14 (Chandler) adopted
2019-11-14	Senate	Amendment #3 (Lesser) adopted
2019-11-14	Senate	Amendment #17 (Lesser) adopted
2019-11-14	Senate	Amendment #28 (Eldridge) adopted
2019-11-14	Senate	Amendment #33 (Tarr) adopted
2019-11-14	Senate	Amendment #4 (DiZoglio) adopted -see Roll Call #126 [39 YEAS to 0 NAY]
2019-11-14	Senate	Amendment #15 (Tran) adopted
2019-11-14	Senate	Amendment #24 (Welch) adopted
2019-11-14	Senate	Amendment #30 (Montigny) adopted - see Roll Call #127 [39 YEAS to 0 NAY]
2019-11-14	Senate	Amendment #43 (Rodrigues) adopted
2019-11-14	Senate	Substituted, as amended, for S733
2019-11-14	Senate	Ordered to a third reading
2019-11-14	Senate	Read third
2019-11-14	Senate	Reprinted as amended, see S2409

3 recorded votes

When	Chamber	Roll call	Question	Tally
2019-11-14 14:13	Senate	No. 124	Amendment #31 (Tarr) adopted -see Roll Call #124 [38 YEAS to 1 NAY]	38–1
2019-11-14 15:40	Senate	No. 126	Amendment #4 (DiZoglio) adopted -see Roll Call #126 [39 YEAS to 0 NAY]	39–0
2019-11-14 16:00	Senate	No. 127	Amendment #30 (Montigny) adopted - see Roll Call #127 [39 YEAS to 0 NAY]	39–0

44 amendments filed

20 withdrawn · 14 adopted · 10 rejected

No.	Title	Moved by	Outcome
Senate 1	Strengthening Prescription Drug Safety and Drug Stewardship	John F. Keenan	Rejected
Senate 2	Early Notice Increased Transparency	Eric P. Lesser	Rejected
Senate 3	Disclosure of conflict of interest	Eric P. Lesser	Adopted
Senate 4	Epinephrine injectors for minors	Diana DiZoglio	Adopted
Senate 5			Withdrawn
Senate 6	Schedule of Carrier Audits of PBMs	Edward J. Kennedy	Rejected
Senate 7			Withdrawn
Senate 8			Withdrawn
Senate 9			Withdrawn
Senate 10	Transparency of mergers	Eric P. Lesser	Rejected
Senate 11			Withdrawn
Senate 12	Community Health Centers	Julian Cyr	Adopted
Senate 13			Withdrawn
Senate 14	Ensuring Lower Prescription Drug Costs	Harriette L. Chandler	Adopted
Senate 15	Emergency Insulin Access	Dean A. Tran	Adopted
Senate 16	Risk of Opioid Addiction Notification	Dean A. Tran	Rejected
Senate 17	Special Commission on Bulk Purchasing	Eric P. Lesser	Adopted
Senate 18			Withdrawn
Senate 19	Implementation and Study for Insulin Cost Sharing	Diana DiZoglio	Rejected
Senate 20			Withdrawn
Senate 21	Adequate Public Notice	Julian Cyr	Rejected
Senate 22	Pharmacy Choice	Cynthia Stone Creem	Adopted
Senate 23			Withdrawn
Senate 24	Establishing a public education program	James T. Welch	Adopted
Senate 25			Withdrawn
Senate 26			Withdrawn
Senate 27	Rate threshold for early notice of generic prescription drugs	Jason M. Lewis	Adopted
Senate 28	Protect people with disabilities from discrimination	James B. Eldridge	Adopted
Senate 29			Withdrawn
Senate 30	Ensuring Timely Data Collection and Taxpayer Protection	Mark C. Montigny	Adopted
Senate 31	Drug Coupon Extension	Bruce E. Tarr	Adopted
Senate 32			Withdrawn
Senate 33	Reducing the cost of pharmacy benefits	Bruce E. Tarr	Adopted
Senate 34	Manufacturer Funding for Advocacy and Outreach	Bruce E. Tarr	Rejected
Senate 35			Withdrawn
Senate 36			Withdrawn
Senate 37	Manufacturer Coupon Exemption	Ryan C. Fattman	Rejected
Senate 38			Withdrawn
Senate 39			Withdrawn
Senate 40			Withdrawn
Senate 41			Withdrawn
Senate 42	Combating insidious prescribing practices and unnecessary costs	Mark C. Montigny	Rejected
Senate 43	Technical Amendment	Michael J. Rodrigues	Adopted
Senate 44			Withdrawn

Every action here is as the legislature published it. A bill that drew no recorded vote is the ordinary case: the House records roughly 150 a year.