Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Health Care Financing

Event Details

Status:: Rescheduled
Event Date:: Tuesday, June 6, 2023
Start Time:: 10:00 AM
Location:: Original Location A-2
New Location A-2 and Virtual
Event Description: Pharmaceutical Access, Cost & Transparency

The Joint Committee on Health Care Financing will conduct a hybrid public hearing in hearing room A-2 on Tuesday, June 6, 2023, from 10:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. on bills relating to Pharmaceutical Access, Cost & Transparency. This hearing will be streamed live and archived under the Hearings & Events section of the legislative website.

LINK TO PRE-REGISTER TO TESTIFY: For both in-person and remote testimony, please fill out this FORM.

***INSTRUCTIONS FOR REGISTRATION / TESTIMONY***
DEADLINE TO PRE-REGISTER: For both in-person and remote testimony, the deadline to register to testify is 4:00 P.M. Thursday, June 1, 2023. Individuals registered for remote testimony will receive an e-mail the day after pre-registration closes with a link to join the hearing on Microsoft Teams.

SAME DAY SIGN-UP FOR IN-PERSON TESTIMONY ONLY – IF TIME ALLOWS: Individuals who miss the deadline to pre-register for testimony may appear on the day of the hearing and sign-up to speak in-person on forms provided by committee staff outside of the hearing room. Time permitting, when all pre-registered individuals have been called to testify, the Chairs will then call any individuals who sign-up on the day of the hearing.

LEGISLATOR AND PUBLIC OFFICIAL TESTIMONY: Due to the technical requirements of conducting hybrid hearings, legislators and public officials are also requested to pre-register to testify. The Chairs, at their discretion, may take legislators and public officials out of turn. The committee will extend this courtesy to legislators and public officials only, and it will not be expanded to include other individuals or panels.

ORAL TESTIMONY – TIME LIMIT: Each individual registered to testify shall be afforded 3 minutes to speak. Individuals offering testimony on multiple bills must do so within the 3 minute time limit. The Chairs, at their discretion, may further limit the time for testimony.

ORAL TESTIMONY – PARTICIPATING AS A PANEL: Individuals participating as part of a panel must fill-out the appropriate section of the pre-registration form. Please have each member of the panel fill out the pre-registration form separately and completely. The Chairs will permit either fully in-person panels or fully-remote panels only. Questions related to the registration of panels should be directed to the Committee Director at timothy.oneill@mahouse.gov.
WRITTEN TESTIMONY – DO NOT FILL OUT THIS FORM: For individuals wishing to provide written testimony ONLY, please do not fill out this form. There is no deadline on the submission of written testimony. Written testimony may be submitted to the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing via E-mail to House Chair at John.Lawn@mahouse.gov and Senate Chair Cindy.Friedman@masenate.gov, as well as the Committee Director at timothy.oneill@mahouse.gov.

ORDER OF TESTIMONY: The Chairs, at their discretion, will determine the order of testimony during the course of the hearing. It is the responsibility of the individuals registered to testify to be prepared to speak when called upon by the Chairs. In the event that an individual is called by the Chairs and that person is not logged into the Teams platform, the Chairs will move on and call the next individual or panel.

DEADLINE TO REQUEST ADA ACCOMMODATIONS: ADA accommodations, such as closed captioning and transcription services, shall be provided upon request. The services are provided by staff from the appropriate state agencies. Agency policies require 3 business days to process any request for services. Requests for services should be submitted through the link below.
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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Health Care Financing -- 6-6-2023	6/6/2023 10:00 AM	03:02:53

Agenda

Pharmaceutical Access, Cost & Transparency 10:00am - 1:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.619	An Act establishing a prescription drug rebate program for seniors	Nicholas A. Boldyga
H.1176	An Act relative to promoting comprehensive transparency in the pharmaceutical industry	Edward F. Coppinger
H.1182	An Act relative to the treatment of epilepsy and seizure disorders	Michael S. Day
H.1197	An Act to provide rapid whole genome sequencing	Danielle W. Gregoire
H.1201	An Act to promote transparency in prescription drug prices	Kate Hogan
H.1205	An Act relative to prescription drug price transparency	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
H.1206	An Act establishing a commission to review contracts between pharmaceutical benefit managers and MassHealth	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
H.1208	An Act establishing a state-wide drug repository program	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
H.1215	An Act relative to pharmacy benefit managers	John J. Lawn, Jr.
H.1243	An Act to ensure access to the full range of treatment options for people with obesity	Jon Santiago
H.1246	An Act relative to drug prices paid by carriers	William M. Straus
H.1247	An Act relative to pharmacy benefit managers reimbursements to pharmacies in the Commonwealth	Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida
S.732	An Act relative to promoting comprehensive transparency in the pharmaceutical industry	John J. Cronin
S.749	An Act relative to pharmaceutical access, costs and transparency	Cindy F. Friedman
S.754	An Act to ensure access to the full range of treatment options for people with obesity	Adam Gomez
S.767	An Act to define modest meals and refreshments in prescriber education settings	Jason M. Lewis
S.778	An Act to bring down the cost of prescription drugs	Paul W. Mark
S.783	An Act to promote transparency and prevent price gouging of pharmaceutical drug prices	Mark C. Montigny
S.784	An Act relative to coverage for chronic illness	Mark C. Montigny
S.797	An Act to bring down the cost of prescription drugs	Jacob R. Oliveira
S.1106	An Act specifying an electronic system to ensure that sales of certain products containing pseudoephedrine (PSE) do not exceed limits established under federal law	Pavel M. Payano

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Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Health Care Financing

Pharmaceutical Access, Cost & Transparency 10:00am - 1:00pm

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