Health Occupations - Authorized Prescribers - Reporting of Financial Gratuities or Incentives
Sponsor: Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk (District 21)Committee: Health and Government OperationsSubject: Health OccupationsStatus: Hearing 2/15 at 1:30 p.m. (as of Nov 15, 2022)
What this bill does
Official synopsis
Requiring each authorized prescriber who receives a financial gratuity or incentive from a pharmaceutical distributor or manufacturer to file a disclosure form with a certain health occupations board that licenses the authorized prescriber within 30 days after the financial gratuity or incentive is received by the authorized prescriber; and applying the Act prospectively
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Testimony (8)
MGA witness listFAV 3FavorableFWA 2Favorable with amendmentsUNF 2UnfavorableINFO 1Information only
| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | O'Connor, Patricia | Maryland Office of the Attorney General, Health Education and Advocacy Unit (HEAU) | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Perry, Edith | NC100BW | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Delegate Pena-Melnyk, Delegate Pena-Melnyklegislator | Individual | Oral |
| UNF | Dorrien, Erinlobbyist | Maryland Hospital Association | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Lang, Beverly | Nurse Practitioner Association of Maryland | Position only |
| FWA | (MD), State of Maryland | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Wise, Steve | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Shek, Heather | Maryland Department of Health | Written (PDF) |