HEALTHCARE
OPPOSE – CALL TO ACTION
OPPOSE: HB1724 – Medicinal Price Setting
STATUS: This bill will be voted on in the Senate Commerce and Labor Committee on Monday afternoon, 2/10, in Senate Room A.
This bill would create a Prescription Drug Affordability Board. Under this proposed legislation, the Board will be given authority to limit drug payment amounts and reimbursements to an upper payment limit amount for state sponsored and state regulated health plans, directly opposed to free market principles.
- To see bill text and info: Click HERE
Please contact these Senators and tell them to VOTE NO on HB1724!
| Senate Committee: Commerce and Labor | District | Phone | |
| Chair: Senator R. Creigh Deeds (D) | 11 | (804) 698-7511 | [email protected] |
| Senator Lamont Bagby (D) | 14 | (804) 698-7514 | [email protected] |
| Senator Bill DeSteph (R) | 20 | (804) 698-7520 | [email protected] |
| Senator Adam P. Ebbin (D) | 39 | (804) 698-7539 | [email protected] |
| Senator Mamie E. Locke (D) | 23 | (804) 698-7523 | [email protected] |
| Senator L. Louise Lucas (D) | 18 | (804) 698-7518 | [email protected] |
| Senator Ryan T. McDougle (R) | 26 | (804) 698-7526 | [email protected] |
| Senator David W. Marsden (D) | 35 | (804) 698-7535 | [email protected] |
| Senator Jeremy S. McPike (D) | 29 | (804) 698-7529 | [email protected] |
| Senator Mark D. Obenshain (R) | 2 | (804) 698-7502 | [email protected] |
| Senator Mark J. Peake (R) | 8 | (804) 698-7508 | [email protected] |
| Senator Bryce E. Reeves (R) | 28 | (804) 698-7528 | [email protected] |
| Senator Aaron R. Rouse (D) | 22 | (804) 698-7522 | [email protected] |
| Senator William M. Stanley, Jr. (R) | 7 | (804) 698-7507 | [email protected] |
| Senator Scott A. Surovell (D) | 34 | (804) 698-7534 | [email protected] |
BILL UPDATES – OPPOSE
OPPOSE: HB1552 – Certificate of Public Need Exemption for Critical Hospitals
STATUS: This bill was passed in the Senate Education and Health Committee and will now be sent to the Senate floor.
This bill would further entrench Virginia in the problems caused by the Certificate of Public Need program. It would allow certain hospitals, defined as critical access hospitals, to receive an exemption from COPN. This interference in the market place would cause inequity and continue to allow hospitals to choose winners and losers in the market of medical services.
