Key Votes
SB 1 - Discounted Prescription Drugs - Key Vote
Colorado Key Votes
Stages
- Feb. 5, 2007 Executive Signed
- Feb. 2, 2007 Senate Concurrence Vote Passed
- Feb. 1, 2007 House Bill Passed
- Jan. 26, 2007 Senate Bill Passed
- Jan. 10, 2007 Introduced
Family
Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Signed (Executive) - Feb. 5, 2007
Title: Discounted Prescription Drugs
Signed by Governor Bill Ritter, Jr.
Legislation - Concurrence Vote Passed (Senate) (28-7) - Feb. 2, 2007
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (57-7) - Feb. 1, 2007
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (27-6) - Jan. 26, 2007 (Key vote)
Title: Discounted Prescription Drugs
Highlights:
-Covers Colorado residents without health insurance and who have an income below 300% of the federal poverty level [Sec. 1].
-Extends coverage to those with a health plan that has high deductibles [Sec. 1].
-Mandates that an eligible person must pay a registration fee of no more than $20 to be deposited in the Colorado Cares Rx Program Fund [Sec. 1].
-Requires participating pharmacies to charge eligible patients more than the manufacturing cost but no more that the wholesale cost for a given drug [Sec. 1].
Legislation - Introduced (Senate) - Jan. 10, 2007
Title: Discounted Prescription Drugs
Sponsors
- Bob Hagedorn (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- Bob L. Bacon (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Joan Fitz-Gerald (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Kenneth Marshall 'Ken' Gordon (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Peter C. Groff (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- James 'Jim' Isgar (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Steve Johnson (CO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Maryanne 'Moe' Keller (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Alice D. Madden (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- John P. Morse (CO - D)
- Chris Romer (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Gail S. Schwartz (CO - D)
- Brandon C. Shaffer (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Stephanie Takis (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Lois A. Tochtrop (CO - D)
- Jennifer L. 'Jen' Veiga (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Steve Ward (CO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Suzanne S. Williams (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Sue Windels (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
