1st Sub. H.B. 120
         INFORMATION ON PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS

House Committee Amendments

Amendment 2 February 25, 2013 4:44 PM



Representative Paul Ray proposes the following amendments:

1.    Page 2, Lines 37 through 39 :    

             37          (B) employed by someone other than a pharmaceutical manufacturer
  :

    (I) for the purpose of countering information provided in commercial detailing; and
    (II)  
to disseminate

             38      educational information about prescription drugs to other health care providers
{   across a broad

             39      range of interventions  
}
in an effort to better align clinical practice with scientific research; and

2.    Page 2, Lines 43 through 45 :    

             43      higher education or through a medical residency program;
{   or   }

             44          (B) is disseminating educational information about a prescription drug to a patient or a
             45      patient's representative
  ; or

    (C) is acting within the scope of practice for the health care provider regarding the prescribing or dispensing of a prescription drug  
.


3.    Page 2, Line 56 :    

             56          (i)
{   labeling and   } false and misleading advertising in 21 C.F.R., Part 201 (2007);


4.    Page 3, Line 61 :    

             61      against
{   the person who violated this section   }        a person engaged in academic detailing, if:

    (i) the actions of the person engaged in academic detailing, that are a violation of this section, are:
    (A) the result of gross negligence by the person; or
    (B) willful and wanton behavior by the person; and
    (ii) the damages to the person are proximately caused by the violations of this section.  


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