FIC: Healthcare Referral Bill Passes Committee

By:  Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel A bill related to patient referrals by health care providers and described by the bill sponsor as enacting “a more free market approach to healthcare” passed its second committee on March 26, 2019.  It was not amended.  The bill has one committee left.  There is no Senate companion bill. …

GT: Canada Drug Import Bill Passes First Senate Committee

By:  Greenberg Traurig The Senate Health Policy Committee met on March 25, 2019 to consider SB 1528 Prescription Drug Importation Programs for Public Programs (reported favorably as amended).  The bill passed with a strike all amendment.  SB 1528 Prescription Drug Importation Programs for Public Programs was presented by enthusiastically by Sen. Bean. He brought up…

FIC: Trade Secret Repeal Gets Moving In Senate

By:  Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel   SB 1414 and SB 1416 significantly change the way trade secret information provided to state agencies is protected from the public records law.  Both bills unanimously passed their first committee on March 25, 2019.  Although Sen. Torres (D) expressed concerns about the bills, he voted for them anyway.…