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Prescription Drug Affordability Board – Meetings, Legal Advisor, Reports, and Technical Changes

Sponsor: Delegate PendergrassCommittee: Health and Government OperationsSubject: Public HealthStatus: Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 425 (as of Nov 6, 2020)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the Prescription Drug Affordability Board to meet four times per year instead of every 6 weeks; repealing the requirement that the Board hire general counsel; providing that the Attorney General is the legal advisor for the Board; requiring the Attorney General to designate an assistant attorney general as counsel to the Board; authorizing the Attorney General to assign certain attorneys to the Board under certain circumstances; establishing certain duties for the counsel to the Board; etc.

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Testimony (4)

MGA witness list
FAV 4Favorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVMitchell, VanMSIWritten (PDF)
FAVMitchell, VanMSIPosition only
FAVDeMarco, VincentlobbyistMaryland Citizens Health InitiativeOral + Written (PDF)
FAVDelegate Pendergrass, Delegate PendergrasslegislatorIndividualPosition only

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVDeMarco, VincentMaryland Citizens Health InitiativeRegistered for: Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative, Inc.; Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative Education Fund