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Media Advisory: Legislators Meet in Maine to Prepare for Health Reform Changes in Prescription Drug Policy; Plan 2011 Agenda
Legislators who are members of NLARx, hailing from states and jursidIctions including Georgia, Connecticut, Iowa, the District of Columbia, West Virginia, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Vermont, meet this Wednesday August 18th in Portland, Maine to prepare for changes to prescription drug policy resulting from the Affordable Care Act; to discuss successes and innovation in the past legislative session; to get briefed on the 1st Circuit federal court decision upholding Maine's datamining law; and to brainstorm policy options for 2011.  Pre-registration is required; media passes are available for bona fide reporters. 
 
DETAILS:
The Summer NLARx meeting is this Wednesday, August 18 from 9:30 am - 3 pm at the Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress Street in Portland, Maine in the Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. Lecture Hall. Complete meeting details including transportation, registration forms, speaker biographies, and hotel information is posted on our website here.  Registration has officially closed but there may b e room for a few more participants.  For further information or for a media pass, contact Sharon Treat. 
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AGENDA
How will federal health care reform impact state pharmaceutical policy, including Medicaid rebates, implementing and "wrapping around" federal Sunshine Act provisions, and Medicare Part D?  We will hear from policymakers and other experts on what legislators need to know. We will also have reports from the states including details of Vermont's new sample disclosure policy, action in Massachusetts on discount coupons and gift bans, the big win in the 1st Circuit Court in the Maine prescriber information datamining case, and lots more!
 
Speakers:
  • Nancy B. Kelleher, Maine State Director, AARP, "Donuts and Dollars: How Federal Health Reform Affects Medicare Part D"
  • Jude Neveux, Director, Business Development, Goold Health Systems "State Medicaid Rebates after National Health Reform"
  • Robin Lunge, Esq., Vermont Legislative Council, " Federal Health Care Reform: One State's Perspective on Prescription Drug Initiatives"
  • Ken Libertoff, Ph. D., Executive Director, Vermont Association for Mental Health "The Vermont Drug Sample Initiative...A Sample of Powerful and Effective Marketing!"  

  • Vermont Rep. Suzi Wizowaty and Vermont Senator Kevin Mullin (invited):

    "Legislative Response: Vermont's Sample Policy and Impact of Affordable Care Act"
About the National Legislative Association on Prescription Drug Prices
NLARx is a non-partisan, non-profit organization of state legislators from across the country working to lower prescription drug costs and improve access to affordable medicines. Members include legislators from states in all regions of the country, from New England to Alaska and Hawaii and the District of Columbia. For more information and to sign up for our electronic newsletter, visit our website or join our facebook page Find us on Facebook.