HB 83-A: Prescription Drugs/Elderly Persons
GENERAL BILL by Green ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Allen ; Ambler ; Anderson ; Brandenburg ; Bullard ; Carroll ; Clarke ; Cretul ; Davis ; Domino ; Galvano ; Gelber ; Goodlette ; Holloway ; Homan ; Kilmer ; Kottkamp ; Dick ; Llorente ; Mayfield ; Meadows ; Patterson ; Planas ; Quinones ; Reagan ; Robaina ; Roberson, Y
Prescription Drugs/Elderly Persons; revises pharmaceutical expense assistance program for low-income elderly individuals; adds eligibility groups; provides benefits; requires federal approval of benefits; creates Sunshine for Seniors Program to assist low-income seniors with obtaining prescription drugs from manufacturers' pharmaceutical assistance programs; provides implementation & overight duties of Elderly Affairs Dept., etc. Amends 409.9065; creates 430.83.
Last Action: 5/27/2003 Senate - Died in Messages, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to SB 22-A (Ch. 2003-405)
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Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 5/12/2003 | House |
• Filed |
| 5/13/2003 | House |
• Considered outside purview of the Call -HJ 00025; Introduction allowed -HJ 00025; Introduced -HJ 00032 |
| 5/14/2003 | House |
• Referred to Calendar -HJ 00090 |
| 5/15/2003 | House |
• Placed on Special Order Calendar; Read second time -HJ 00074 |
| 5/16/2003 | House |
• Read third time -HJ 00093; Passed; YEAS 117 NAYS 0 -HJ 00093 |
| 5/16/2003 | Senate |
• In Messages |
| 5/27/2003 | Senate |
• Died in Messages, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to SB 22-A (Ch. 2003-405) |