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Maryland Lawmakers Approve Bill To Fight Drug Price-Gouging, prohibiting a manufacturer or wholesale distributer from engaging in damage gouging in the sale of an essential off-letters patent or generic drug ; establishing that it is not an infringement of a specified provision of the Act for a wholesale distributor to increase a price of an essential off-patent or generic drug under specified fate ; authorizing the MD Checkup Assistance Program to notify the Attorney General of an increase in the price of an essential off-patent or generic drug under specified circumstances; To begin with, they specifies that distributors are still allowed to raise the price of drug if it is directly attributable to increases in monetary value s for the drug imposed by the producer on the distributor (Sec. 1). Specifies that information provided to the Attorney General under the act is classified as confidential commercial information unless confidentiality is waived by the manufacturer or distributor (Sec. 1). Authorizes the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to report to the Attorney General if the price increase (Sec. 1): Consequence in a 50 % or more increase in wholesale acquisition cost of the drug; Consequence in costing an individual more than $80; Resulting in a 30 day course of handling costing more than $80 at the wholesale cost or; Causes the drug to be distributed in quantities that do not correspond to a 30 day supply.
Then there is the requirement that manufacturer or distributors of essential off-patent invention or generic drug to submit a Department of State to the Attorney Superior general upon his or her postulation that itemizes the materials and costs during drug production and identifies the circumstances and timing of the manufacturer’s expansion of access code to the drug in question (SEC . I ). Specifies that the Attorney General may require a manufacturer or wholesale allocator to produce any written document or records relevant to a determination of whether a violation of law has occurred (SEC . 1). Establishes a penalty of $10,000 for each violation of this act (SEC. 1).
Consequently, requires a manufacturer that has engaged in cost gouging to make the price-gouged drug available to all player in any state health program or state health plan for one year at the price prior to the manufacturer’s violation of this act (Sec. 1). The implementation parliamentary stages included four “Stages” April 10, 2017, House Concurrence Vote Passed, April 7, 2017, Senate Bill Passed Yea: 38 Nay: 7, March 20, 2017, House Bill Passed and Jan. 30, 2017 Introduced Senate Special Committee on Aging.
The new Maryland law holds back the lawyer general's (ability to make wise decisions) in two added/more respects. First, the lawyer general may take action only if an off-patent drug-based market has become noncompetitive that is, if three or fewer manufacturers are actively participating in it. Second, the new law needs/demands the attorney general, before bringing legal action, to afford the manufacturer or distributor an opportunity to explain the basis of a price increase. Increases driven by external factors, such as price ups and downs for raw materials or active ingredients, logistic (problems, delays, etc.) with manufacturing or distribution, or changes in international trade or taxes/import taxes, would not meet the law's ruling. This notification provision, however, does not establish a minimum threshold for the definition of price gouging, which would be harmful because of compounded price increases and perverse incentives: if an increase per year were set as a starting point for price gouging, a manufacturer could simply raise the price of a noncompetitive medicine each year.
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To address the grammar, phrasing, word choice, style, and sentence structure issues in the given passage, we can make the following revisions:
1. Maryland Lawmakers Approve Bill to Fight Drug Price Gouging: This revised headline provides correct capitalization and removes hyphens from "drug price-gouging."
2. Prohibiting Unauthorized Drug Price Increases: This revised subheading accurately summarizes the content that follows.
3. The use of semi-colons to connect phrases in the first paragraph is incorrect. Instead, we can use bullet points or separate sentences to improve readability.
4. The phrase "essential off-letters patent" appears to be a typographical error or unclear phrasing. It should be corrected to "essential off-patent" or clarified if it has a specific meaning.
5. Instead of "increase a price," we can use "raise the price" for clearer word choice.
6. The phrase "under specified fate" is unclear. It should be revised to provide a clear explanation of the specified circumstances under which a distributor can increase the price.
7. Instead of "MD Checkup Assistance Program," we can use "Maryland Medical Assistance Program" for consistency and clarity.
8. Instead of "specifies," we can use "it specifies" or "the bill specifies" to clarify the subject of the sentence.
9. The phrase "imposed by the producer on the distributor" can be revised to "imposed on the distributor by the producer."
10. Instead of "under specified circumstances," we can specify the circumstances or provide a more detailed explanation.
11. Instead of "Consequence in," we can use "Resulting in" for clearer phrasing.
12. The phrase "at the wholesale cost or" is redundant and can be removed.
13. The phrase "Then there is" can be revised to "Additionally," for improved clarity and style.
14. Instead of "Department of State," we can use "Department of Health" or clarify the specific department.
15. Instead of "postulation," we can use "request" or "submission."
16. Instead of "superior general," we can use "Attorney General" for proper title capitalization.
17. Instead of "Establishes a penalty of $10,000," we can use "Imposes a $10,000 penalty" for more concise wording.
18. Instead of "Consequently, requires a manufacturer," we can use "The law also requires manufacturers" for improved sentence structure.
19. Instead of "implementation parliamentary stages," we can use "legislative process" for clearer phrasing.
20. Instead of "hold back the lawyer general's (ability to make wise decisions)," we can use "restrict the Attorney General's authority."
21. Instead of "added/more respects," we can use "additional ways" or "further respects."
22. Instead of "demands the attorney general," we can use "requires the Attorney General" for less forceful phrasing.
23. Instead of "notification provision, however, does not establish," we can use "However, the notification provision does not establish" for improved clarity.
24. Instead of "which would be harmful because of compounded price increases," we can rephrase it as "as compounded price increases could be harmful" for better sentence structure.
25. The sentences regarding the minimum threshold and manufacturer's ability to raise the price each year should be rephrased for clarity and cohesion.
By implementing these revisions, the passage will be clearer, more concise, and have better grammar and style.