City of Baltimore - File #: 05-0075R

• File #: 05-0075R
• Version: 0
• Name: Investigative Hearing - Establishing the Utilization of Unused Prescription Medications Pilot Program in Baltimore City
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 8/15/2005
• In control: Judiciary and Legislative Investigations/Economic Development
• Final action: 10/31/2005
• Title: Investigative Hearing - Establishing the Utilization of Unused Prescription Medications Pilot Program in Baltimore City FOR the purpose of examining the feasibility of establishing the Utilization of Unused Medications Pilot Program in Baltimore City to determine the efficacy of implementing a program statewide to redirect unused prescription drugs to local government pharmacies where the drugs can be re-dispensed to poor persons at no charge.
• Sponsors: Kenneth Harris
• Indexes: Investigative Hearing, Judiciary and Legislative Investigations Committee, Prescription Medications, Retirement

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/31/2005	0	City Council	Adopted	Pass
10/25/2005	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Recommended Favorably
9/27/2005	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Scheduled for a Public Hearing	Pass
8/18/2005	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report	Pass
8/18/2005	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
8/18/2005	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
8/18/2005	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report	Pass
8/15/2005	0	City Council	Introduced
8/15/2005	0	The City Council	Assigned
8/15/2005	0	City Council	Assigned

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Harris


A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Investigative Hearing - Establishing the Utilization of Unused Prescription Medications Pilot Program in Baltimore City

FOR the purpose of examining the feasibility of establishing the Utilization of Unused Medications Pilot Program in Baltimore City to determine the efficacy of implementing a program statewide to redirect unused prescription drugs to local government pharmacies where the drugs can be re-dispensed to poor persons at no charge.
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A study published in the Journal of Family Medicine, in 2001, estimates that across the United States approximately $1 billion worth of unused prescription drugs are being thrown away each year. As the cost of prescription drugs reach stratospheric heights, more of the nation's officials and consumers are trying to find ways to stop the waste and, at the same time, to address the needs of those who can not afford life-sustaining medications.

Of the several states, including Louisiana, Ohio, California, Maine, and Washington, that have passed or are considering legislation to allow the redistribution of unused drugs, Oklahoma has the most effective program. The Utilization of Unused Prescription Medications Act was unanimously enacted by the Oklahoma legislature in 2001, to provide for a pilot program in Tulsa County that, after almost 2 full years of accumulated operational experience, was expanded statewide in 2003.

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