Import Prescription Drugs From Canada

The bill creates the "Colorado Wholesale Importation of Prescription Drugs Act", under which the department of health care policy and financing (department) shall design a program to import prescription pharmaceutical products from Canada for sale to Colorado consumers. The program design must ensure both drug safety and cost savings for Colorado consumers. The department shall submit the program design to the secretary of the United States department of health and human services and request the secretary's approval of the program, as required by federal law, to import Canadian pharmaceutical products.

If the secretary approves the program, the department shall implement the program. The department shall adopt a funding mechanism to cover the program's administrative costs, and the department shall annually report on the program to the general assembly.

(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)