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| | | An Act Pertaining to Disclosure of Prescription Drug Prices |
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| | | Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts of the Legislature do not become | | effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as | | emergencies; and |
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| | | Whereas, the 121st Legislature in the Second Special Session | | enacted legislation requiring pharmaceutical manufacturers to | | report certain pricing information to the Department of Health | | and Human Services; and |
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| | | Whereas, certain provisions of those reporting requirements | | require clarification or are duplicative of data otherwise | | available to the department; and |
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| | | Whereas, clarification of those provisions is necessary in order | | to amend the law as close as possible in time to the first | | reporting date; and |
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| | | Whereas, the reportable information constitutes trade secrets, | | and the existing confidentiality protection afforded to the | | reported information is not adequate; and |
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| | | Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create | | an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and | | require the following legislation as immediately necessary for | | the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, | | therefore, |
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