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Session Laws, 1999
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(2) THIS SUBSECTION DOES NOT APPLY TO EXPERIMENTAL DRUGS,
INVESTIGATIONAL DRUG
S, PRESCRIPTIONS AND INJECTIONS FOR CENTRAL
NERVOUS
SYSTEM STIMULANTS AND ANORECTIC AGENTS WHEN USED FOR WEIGHT
CONTROL, OR DRUG
S USED FOR COSMETIC PURPOSES.

(F) (1) (I) THE MARYLAND HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND COST COMMISSION
SHALL DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A SYSTEM OF RATING THE PRESCRIPTION DRUG
COVERAGE PLANS OFFERED BY ENTITIES SUBJECT TO THIS SECTION TO ASSIST
EMPLOYERS AND CON
SUMERS IN EVALUATING AND SELECTING A PLAN.

(II) THE COMMISSION SHALL ESTABLISH A CONSUMER ADVISORY
PANEL CONSISTING OF 13 MEMBER
S TO ADVISE THE COMMISSION IN DEVELOPING
AND IMPLEMENTING THE RATING
SYSTEM REQUIRED UNDER SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF
THIS PARAGRAPH.

(II) THE PANEL SHALL CONSIST OF A REPRESENTATIVE OF:

1. THE NATIONAL COALITION FOR CANCER SURVIVORSHIP;

2. THE NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION;

3. THE MARYLAND MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION;
4. THE AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION;

5. THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION;
6.
THE AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION;
7.
THE ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION;
8.
THE MEDICAL AND CHIRURGICAL FACULTY;
9. THE MARYLAND PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION;
10.
THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS, MARYLAND

CHAPTER;

11. THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OBSTETRICIANS AND
GYNECOLOGI
STS; AND

12. THE MARYLAND PATIENT ADVOCACY GROUP.

(2) AN ENTITY SUBJECT TO THIS SECTION, IN ANY DOCUMENTS THAT
DESCRIBE A PRESCRIPTION DRUG COVERAGE
PLAN OFFERED BY THE ENTITY AND
THAT ARE PROVIDED TO AN EMPLOYER OR MEMBER, SHALL INCLUDE:

(I) IN THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER OF THE FIRST PAGE OF
EACH DOCUMENT, THE RATING DESIGNATION A
SSIGNED TO THE PLAN BY THE
COMMI
SSION; AND

(II) AN EXPLANATION OF THE RATING SYSTEM AND THE RATING
DESIGNATION ASSIGNED TO THE PLAN.


 

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