A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to direct the executive administrator of the teachers' and state employees' comprehensive major medical plan to negotiate with administrators of state health plans in states adjoining north carolina to explore the feasibility of joint purchase of prescription drugs with the adjoining states.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Notwithstanding any provision of Article 3 of Chapter 135 of the General Statutes to the contrary, the Executive Administrator of the Teachers' and State Employees' Comprehensive Major Medical Plan ("Plan") shall conduct discussions with state health plan administrators in states adjoining North Carolina to explore the feasibility of joint purchases of prescription drugs by the state health plans in order to reduce the costs of prescription drugs to the Plan.  The Executive Administrator shall report the progress of the discussions to the Committee on Employee Hospital and Medical Benefits not later than October 1, 2002, and shall make a final report to the Committee, including recommendations for necessary legislative action, not later than December 1, 2002.
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.