Conn. Gen. Stat. § 42-231. Governor’s proclamation of supply emergency. Imposition of price restrictions or rationing. Legislative disapproval: Profiteering – Connecticut
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1991
Provides that when there is abnormal market disruption of the goods or services the governor may declare emergence and impose price restrictions.
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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 42-232. Prohibition on sale of product or service or energy resource at excessive price during supply or energy emergency. Penalty: Profiteering – Connecticut
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1991
Prohibits sale of goods and services that are in short supply during an emergency at a price that exceeds the price at which it was sold in the usual course of business immediately prior to …
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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 42-235. Proclamation of severe weather event emergency. Unconscionably excessive price for sale of consumer goods and services during severe weather event emergency prohibited. Determination of violation. Exemption. Unfair trade practice: Profiteering – Connecticut
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2013
Prohibits sale of consumer goods or services for a price that is unconscionably excessive during emergency; defines “consumer goods and services“ and determination of violation.
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Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 35-24 through 35-46a: Connecticut Antitrust Act – Connecticut
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1971
All sections under the Connecticut Antitrust Act.
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Fla. Stat. § 636.036. Administrative, provider, and management contracts: Prepaid Limited Health Service Organization Act of Florida – Florida
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1993
Established that prepaid limited health service organizations may have to submit a contract, which can be reviewed in order to determine if the fees charged are so high as to be detrimental to subscribers and …
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H 4134 – Massachusetts
Introduced: 2019 Status: Inactive / Dead
An Act to Improve Health Care by Investing in value: There shall be a task force to make recommendations on aligned measures of health care provider quality and health system performance to ensure consistency in …
H 464 – Massachusetts
Introduced: 2021 Status: Inactive / Dead
An Act in relation to prohibiting price gouging with respect to goods, services and supplies during a declared public health emergency
H 7022 – Rhode Island
Introduced: 2018 Status: Inactive / Dead
RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW–GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS — UNFAIR SALES PRACTICES: Prohibits price-gouging of prescribed drugs or pharmaceuticals in times of market emergency or market shortages and makes violators guilty of a felony and subject to …
H 713 – Vermont
Introduced: 2018 Status: Inactive / Dead
Prohibits prescription drug manufacturers and wholesale distributors from engaging in price gouging in the sale of essential off-patent or generic drugs. The Department of Vermont Health Access may notify the Attorney General of any increase …
HB 0885 – Tennessee
Introduced: 2019 Status: Inactive / Dead
Consumer Protection – As introduced, allows the governor to issue an executive order declaring a market shortage or emergency due to a shortage of vital prescription drugs; allows the governor to rely on an executive …
HB 0887 (see companion bill SB 0963) – Tennessee
Introduced: 2019 Status: Inactive / Dead
Drugs, Prescription – As introduced, enacts the “Prescription Drug Fair Pricing Act.” This bill requires the commissioner of health, in consultation with the bureau of TennCare and the state insurance committee, to examine changes in …
HB 137 – Mississippi
Introduced: 2018 Status: Inactive / Dead
PROHIBITION ON PRICE GOUGING FOR ESSENTIAL DRUGS ACT. Prohibits manufacturers and wholesale distributors of essential generic drugs from engaging in price gouging. This bill requires the division of Medicaid and Department of Human Services to …
HB 1780 – New Hampshire
Introduced: 2017 Status: Inactive / Dead
PROHIBITING PRICE GOUGING BY CERTAIN PRESCRIPTION DRUG COMPANIES: This bill would prohibit price gouging of essential off-patent or generic drugs. The Department of Justice would be charged with enforcing the statute. To determine whether a …
HB 1941 (see companion bill SB 866) – Texas
Introduced: 2019 Status: Enacted
Relating to unconscionable prices charged by certain health care facilities for medical care. House Bill 1941 amends the Business & Commerce Code to establish that a freestanding emergency medical care facility providing emergency care at …
HB 243 (see similar bill HB 710) – Louisiana
Introduced: 2018 Status: Inactive / Dead
PROHIBITS A MANUFACTURER OR WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTOR FROM ENGAGING IN PRICE GOUGING IN THE SALE OF AN ESSENTIAL OFF-PATENT OR GENERIC DRUG. Authorizes the secretary of the La. Dept. of Health to notify the attorney general …
HB 2556 (see companion bill SB 5995) – Washington
Introduced: 2018 Status: Inactive / Dead
GENERIC PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES: Protects consumers and purchasers from excessive increases in generic prescription drug prices, requires a drug manufacture to use a price increase notification form when there is an increase in the wholesale acquisition …