PRINTER'S NO. 1139
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
187
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY PASHINSKI, SCHLOSSBERG, STURLA, KULIK, McNEILL,
RABB, T. DAVIS, NEILSON, CAUSER, MURT, FREEMAN, KAUFER, HILL-
EVANS, MILLARD, WARREN, DeLUCA, SCHWEYER, WARNER, CIRESI,
DAVIDSON, DALEY, KENYATTA, KIM AND FRANKEL, APRIL 2, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, APRIL 2, 2019
A RESOLUTION
Directing the Joint State Government Commission to conduct a
study on prescription drug pricing and issue a report.
WHEREAS, Residents of this Commonwealth have experienced
increasingly costly out-of-pocket expenses for prescription
drugs; and
WHEREAS, Rising costs for prescription drugs too frequently
result in a patient's inability to pay for prescriptions and
subsequently not filling their prescription, cutting pills in
half or skipping doses; and
WHEREAS, Despite the needed financial assistance offered by
drug manufacturers to help patients pay for prescription drugs,
many patients cannot afford the mounting costs of prescriptions;
and
WHEREAS, The Commonwealth must examine ways to create
fairness and address high costs for patients; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives direct the Joint
State Government Commission to conduct a study on prescription
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