SB-0006,As Passed Senate, March 18, 2003                                    

SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 6

                                                                             A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled                                             

"Public health code,"                                                       

by amending section 17757 (MCL 333.17757), as amended by 1986 PA            

304.                                                                        

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1       Sec. 17757.  (1) Upon a request made in person or by                        

2   telephone, a pharmacist engaged in the business of selling drugs            

3   at retail shall provide the current selling price of a drug                 

4   dispensed by that pharmacy or comparative current selling prices            

5   of generic and brand name drugs dispensed by that pharmacy.  The            

6   information shall be provided to the person making the request              

7   before a drug is dispensed to the person.  A person who makes a             

8   request for price information under this subsection  shall is

9   not  be  obligated to purchase the drug for which the price or              

10  comparative prices are requested.                                           

1       (2) A pharmacist engaged in the business of selling drugs at                

2   retail shall conspicuously display the notice described in                  

3   subsection (3) at each counter over which prescription drugs are            

4   dispensed.                                                                  

5       (3) The notice required under subsection (2) shall be in                    

6   substantially the following form:                                           

7                          NOTICE TO CONSUMERS                                  

8                        ABOUT PRESCRIPTION DRUGS                               

9       Under Michigan law, you have the right to find out the price                

10  of a prescription drug before the pharmacist fills the                      

11  prescription.  You are under no obligation to have the                      

12  prescription filled here and may use this price information to              

13  shop around at other pharmacies.  You may request price                     

14  information in person or by telephone.                                      

15      Every pharmacy has the current selling prices of both generic               

16  and brand name drugs dispensed by the pharmacy.                             

17      Ask your pharmacist if a lower-cost generic drug is available               

18  to fill your prescription.  A generic drug contains the same                

19  medicine as a brand name drug and is a suitable substitute in               

20  most instances.                                                             

21                                                                               A generic drug may not be dispensed by your pharmacist if                         

22  your doctor has written "dispense as written" or the initials               

23  "d.a.w."  on the prescription.                                              

24                                                                               If you have questions about the drugs which have been                              

25  prescribed for you, ask your doctor or pharmacist for more                  

26  information.                                                                

27                                                                               To avoid dangerous drug interactions, let your doctor and                          

1   pharmacist know about any other medications you are taking.  This           

2   is especially important if you have more than 1 doctor or have              

3   prescriptions filled at more than 1 pharmacy.                               

4       (4) The notice required under subsection (2) shall also                     

5   contain the address and phone number of the board and the                   

6   department.  The text of the notice shall be in at least 32-point           

7   bold type and shall be printed on paper at least 11 inches by 17            

8   inches in size.  The notice may be printed on multiple pages.               

9       (5) A copy of the notice required under subsection (2) shall                

10  be provided to each licensee by the department.  Additional                 

11  copies shall be available if needed from the department.  A                 

12  person may duplicate or reproduce the notice if the duplication             

13  or reproduction is a true copy of the notice as produced by the             

14  department, without any additions or deletions whatsoever.                  

15      (6)  The A pharmacist shall furnish to the purchaser of a                  

16  prescription drug at the time the prescription drug is delivered            

17  to the purchaser a receipt evidencing the  transactions, which              

18  contains transaction.  The pharmacist shall include all of the             

19  following information on the receipt:                                       

20      (a) The brand name of the prescription drug, if applicable.                 

21      (b) The name of the manufacturer or the supplier of the                     

22  prescription drug, if the drug does not have a brand name.                  

23      (c) The strength of the prescription drug, if significant.                  

24      (d) The quantity dispensed, if applicable.                                  

25      (e) The name and address of the pharmacy.                                   

26      (f) The serial number of the prescription.                                  

27      (g) The date the prescription was originally dispensed.                     

Senate Bill No. 6 as amended March 12, 2003                                 

1       (h) The name of the prescriber.                                             

2       (i) The name of the patient for whom the prescription drug                  

3   was prescribed.                                                             

4   <<(j) The price  for which the

5   drug  was sold to the purchaser (j) Until January 1, 2005, the current

6   selling price of the prescription drug to a purchaser without

7   prescription coverage or the price of the prescription drug charged to a

8   third-party payment source, and the co-pay, if any, paid by the purchaser. Effective on and after January 1, 2005, if the prescription purchase is covered by a third-party pay contract, the price of the prescription drug charged to the third-party payment source, and the co-pay, if any, paid by the purchaser. Effective on and after January 1, 2005, if the prescription purchase is not covered by a third-party pay contract, the current selling price of the prescription drug to a purchaser without prescription coverage.>>

9                                                                                (7) Subsection (6)(a), (b), and (c) may be omitted by a                         

10  pharmacist only if the omission is expressly required by the                

11  prescriber.  The pharmacist shall retain a copy of each receipt             

12  for 90 days.  The inclusion of the information prescribed by

13  subsection (6) on the prescription container label is a valid               

14  receipt to the purchaser for purposes of this section.  Including           

15  the information prescribed by subsection (6) on the written                 

16  prescription form and retaining the form constitutes retention of           

17  a copy of the receipt.                                                      

18      (8) The board may promulgate rules to implement this                        

19  section.