July 17, 2008
Now that the veto of HR 6331 has been overriden, it is important to call, email, and write your Representatives and Senators who voted with us to thank them for their vote!
To see the Senate vote, click here.
To see the House vote, click here.
Word thank you letter, click here.


*Use the NCPA Web Site to find your Congressman and Senators by zip code, click here.
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Rx Plus Annual Meeting
August 1-3, 2008
Westin Hotel
10600 Westminster Blvd.
Westminster, CO
Immunization and CPR Certification, time TBA
(free for Rx Plus Members)
The deadline to get the special hotel price of $139 is June 27!
*Meeting agenda and hotel phone number click here
*Annual Meeting RSVP form click here.
*Map to Westin click here.
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Governor Ritter vetoed HB 1032, the bill that would have required Medicaid in Colorado NOT to cut pharmacies below AMP pricing, on June 2. The bill passed 62-2 in the House and 32-2 in the Senate. See our responses to the veto:
Letter to Governor click here
View press release click here
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The Colorado Board of Pharmacy passed new compounding rules.
To view click here
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Tamper-Resistant pad information
From NCPA:
http://www.ncpanet.org/leggovaffairs/#pads
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From the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Finance link:
http://www.chcpf.state.co.us/HCPF/Pharmacy/nwTMP.asp
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The current StateNet Report for pharmacy legislation in ALL Rx Plus member states is available in the Members Only section. Go to Inside News under Legislative Updates.
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Check out the Political Action Guide
Log in as a member, look under Inside News, Legislative Update!

From the NCPA Web Site:
”Every community pharmacy has a new business partner with his own ideas about pharmacy. His name is Uncle Sam. We must ratchet up our political involvement to protect our businesses and our patients...” Bruce Roberts, NCPA Executive Vice President and CEO
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New from NCPA:
Ask your patients to use our site to email their elected officials about AMP!  (click here) 

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