HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1339        FILED ON: 1/13/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3451

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to manufacturers' coupons and rebates.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1.Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3 of chapter 175H or any other general or special law to the contrary, it shall be lawful for any manufacturer, distributor, or supplier of prescription pharmaceutical products to offer and participate in any direct to consumer rebate programs, even if a portion of the prescription is paid for by a health insurer, and for any consumer of prescription pharmaceutical products to participate fully in any rebate program or offering made either a manufacturer, distributor, or supplier of said prescription pharmaceutical products, even if a portion of the prescription is paid for by a health insurer.