Oregon House Bill 4147 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 32-7)
Status: Failed on March 8 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-08 - In committee upon adjournment.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires Oregon Health Authority to design program to import wholesale prescription drugs from Canada. Specifies conditions and requirements. If authority estimates program would produce substantial cost savings for Oregon consumers, requires authority to seek federal approval and, with federal approval, to implement program. Authorizes administrator of Oregon Prescription Drug Program to contract with pharmacy benefit manager and to establish state-managed wholesale or retail drug distribution or dispensing system. Modifies duties of Task Force on the Fair Pricing of Prescription Drugs and extends sunset on task force. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Relating to prescription drugs; declaring an emergency.

Rep. Kimberly Wallan [R]	Rep. Rachel Prusak [D]	Sen. Dennis Linthicum [R]	Rep. Robert Nosse [D]
Sen. Leslee Beyer [D]	Sen. Jeffrey Golden [D]	Rep. Teresa Alonso Leon [D]	Rep. Brian Clem [D]
Rep. Margaret Doherty [D]	Rep. David Gomberg [D]	Sen. Chris Gorsek [D]	Rep. Mitch Greenlick [D]
Rep. Cheri Helt [R]	Rep. Diego Hernandez [D]	Rep. Paul Holvey [D]	Rep. Alissa Keny-Guyer [D]
Rep. John Lively [D]	Rep. Caddy McKeown [D]	Sen. Mark Meek [D]	Rep. Tiffiny Mitchell [D]
Rep. Courtney Neron [D]	Rep. Ronald Noble [R]	Rep. Carla Piluso [D]	Rep. Jeff Reardon [D]
Rep. Andrea Salinas [D]	Rep. Tawna Sanchez [D]	Rep. Sheri Malstrom Schouten [D]	Sen. David Smith [R]
Sen. Janeen Sollman [D]	Rep. Marshall Wilde [D]	Rep. Anna Williams [D]	Rep. Bradley Witt [D]
Rep. Joseph Zika [R]	Sen. Brian Boquist [R]	Sen. Michael Dembrow [D]	Sen. Lew Frederick [D]
Sen. Sara Gelser Blouin [D]	Sen. Arnie Roblan [D]	Sen. Rob Wagner [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-08	House	In committee upon adjournment.
2020-02-03	House	Referred to Health Care with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.
2020-02-03	House	First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
2020-01-27	House	Presession Released to the Public.

Type	Source
Summary	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2020R1/Measures/Overview/HB4147
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2020R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4147/Introduced