Amendment SA5-SR31

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2003 - 2004 LEGISLATURE

SENATE AMENDMENT 5, TO 2003 SENATE RESOLUTION 31

March 9, 2004 - Offered by Senators Robson, Moore, Hansen, M. Meyer, Erpenbach, Plale, Risser, Decker, Chvala, Wirch, Lassa, Coggs and Carpenter.

SR31-SA5,1,1 At the locations indicated, amend the resolution as follows:

SR31-SA5,1,2 1. Page 2, line 5: after that line insert:

SR31-SA5,1,6 "Whereas, the estimated cost of prescription drug benefits for participants in state employee health insurance plans is $125 million annually and the cost of prescription medications purchased for Wisconsin prison inmates is $12 million annually; and

SR31-SA5,1,8 Whereas, if the medications in those 2 programs were purchased at the Canadian prices, the savings to Wisconsin taxpayers would be $83 million; and

SR31-SA5,1,10 Whereas, taxpayers and individuals with no or inadequate health insurance need relief from the high cost of prescription drugs; and

SR31-SA5,2,2 Whereas, Congress twice has passed legislation to allow American pharmacists and drug wholesalers to import FDA-approved drugs from other countries, but the U.S. department of health and human services has declined to implement a drug import program; and".

SR31-SA5,2,3 (End)