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S 2161 110th Congress Senate Commerce Antitrust law Contracts Employee health benefits Finance and Financial Sector Health Health insurance Health maintenance organizations Labor and Employment Law Managed care Pharmacies Prescription pricing Restrictive trade practices

Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2007

Introduced: October 15, 2007 See on congress.gov
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Oct 15, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Oct 15, 2007
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2007 - Entitles independent pharmacies negotiating contract terms with a health plan for the provision of health care items or services to the same treatment under the antitrust laws as the treatment to which bargaining units recognized under the National Labor Relations Act are entitled. Treats such a pharmacy as an employee engaged in concerted activities in connection with such negotiations.

Exempts actions taken in good faith reliance on this Act from being subject to criminal sanctions or civil penalties beyond actual damages incurred.

Prohibits: (1) exempting from the antitrust laws any agreement or otherwise unlawful conspiracy that excludes, limits the participation or reimbursement of, or otherwise limits the scope of services to be provided by any independent pharmacy or group of independent pharmacies with respect to the performance of services that are within their scope of practice as defined or permitted by relevant law or regulation; and (2) applying this Act to negotiations between independent pharmacies and health plans pertaining to federal health benefits.

What's happening now October 15, 2007

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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