LGC 12.16 - Better Business Practices Act - STATUTE

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Better Business Practices Act

1. No court in the Lincoln Region shall enforce any nondisclosure or nondisparagement clause concerning sexual misconduct if such clause was entered into before the dispute arises.

2. The authority granted by Sections II-3 and II-5 of LGC 10.17 shall provide the government authority to enact and enforce the following, and be limited to such authorities:

a. Any Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) in the Lincoln Region shall be required to publicly disclose complaints made against the PBM within 24 hours of the issuance of any complaint.

b. Any company that markets or sells prescription drugs in the Lincoln Region shall be required to publicly disclose any price increase no less than thirty (30) days prior to such increase along with an explanation for such price increase.

c. No company that markets or sells prescription drugs in the Lincoln Region shall be permitted to enter into any agreement with a doctor, pharmacist, PBM, or insurance company prohibiting such person from mentioning lower-cost generic drugs.

d. No company that markets or sells prescription drugs in the Lincoln Region, or hospital or clinic that provides such drugs, shall be permitted to refuse to provide a drug that has not been approved by the FDA, if in the judgment of two physicians, such drug is required for an attempt to save a patient's life and no alternative treatment is readily avaliable.

e. The Drug Board established by Section II-10 of LGC 10.17, in addition to the authority provided there, shall identify prescription, generic, and other drugs, that are offered for sale in Lincoln and, at the Board's discretion, conduct an affordability review of any prescription drug product. The board may write and issue reports on such reviews, and may also issue recommendations to not use certain drugs or condemnations of particular drug companies. The board shall not have the power to formally sanction or fine drug companies or employees, except as otherwise provided by law.

3. No State shall impose restrictions on the hiring of employees in bars, restaurants, or liquor stores on the basis of prior criminal conviction, provided nothing in this provision shall act as a waiver on restrictions imposed by a sex offender registry, animal abuse registry, or terrorism registry, and nothing in this provision shall require an employer to hire such individuals, except where otherwise required by law.

4. Section IV-2 of LGC 12.12 is hereby repealed.

5. This act shall take effect immediately.

Sponsor: Speaker Dwarven Dragon
Occupying: Slot 4 of 10

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Yep, I stole the template for much of this from the similar Southern bill.

This legislation:

- Prohibits the discrimination against the populace of Lincoln on the basis of covid vaccination status, except as required by federal law.
- Prevents before the fact nondisclosure agreements related to sexual assault.
- Fleshes out the reach of certain sections of ChristianMan Care.
- Allows people with criminal convictions to seek employment in restaurants, except as prohibited by registries or individual employers.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Motion for a final vote

[GM Team Member and Senator WB]

objecting for this amendment

Better Business Practices Act

1. Except for purposes of compliance with any federal mandate, No employer in the Lincoln Region shall be permitted to ask any current or potential worker about his or her COVID-related vaccination status, nor shall such employer be permitted to retaliate against any current or potential worker for declining to offer or provide such information.

2.1. No court in the Lincoln Region shall enforce any nondisclosure or nondisparagement clause concerning sexual misconduct if such clause was entered into before the dispute arises.

3.2. The authority granted by Sections II-3 and II-5 of LGC 10.17 shall provide the government authority to enact and enforce the following, and be limited to such authorities:

a. Any Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) in the Lincoln Region shall be required to publicly disclose complaints made against the PBM within 24 hours of the issuance of any complaint.

b. Any company that markets or sells prescription drugs in the Lincoln Region shall be required to publicly disclose any price increase no less than thirty (30) days prior to such increase along with an explanation for such price increase.

c. No company that markets or sells prescription drugs in the Lincoln Region shall be permitted to enter into any agreement with a doctor, pharmacist, PBM, or insurance company prohibiting such person from mentioning lower-cost generic drugs.

d. No company that markets or sells prescription drugs in the Lincoln Region, or hospital or clinic that provides such drugs, shall be permitted to refuse to provide a drug that has not been approved by the FDA, if in the judgment of two physicians, such drug is required for an attempt to save a patient's life and no alternative treatment is readily avaliable.

e. The Drug Board established by Section II-10 of LGC 10.17, in addition to the authority provided there, shall identify prescription, generic, and other drugs, that are offered for sale in Lincoln and, at the Board's discretion, conduct an affordability review of any prescription drug product. The board may write and issue reports on such reviews, and may also issue recommendations to not use certain drugs or condemnations of particular drug companies. The board shall not have the power to formally sanction or fine drug companies or employees, except as otherwise provided by law.

3. No State shall impose restrictions on the hiring of employees in bars, restaurants, or liquor stores on the basis of prior criminal conviction, provided nothing in this provision shall act as a waiver on restrictions imposed by a sex offender registry, animal abuse registry, or terrorism registry, and nothing in this provision shall require an employer to hire such individuals, except where otherwise required by law.

4. This act shall take effect immediately.

Especially in fields like food service, businesses have very good reason to ask if their employees are vaccinated.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

I withdraw the motion and object to the amendment.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

A vote on the amendment is beginning.

Nay

[ZMUN M441]

Aye

[Vice President Christian Man]

Aye

[GM Team Member and Senator WB]

Aye

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Amendment Adopted 3-1, with 1 not voting.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Further Amendment:

Better Business Practices Act

1. No court in the Lincoln Region shall enforce any nondisclosure or nondisparagement clause concerning sexual misconduct if such clause was entered into before the dispute arises.

2. The authority granted by Sections II-3 and II-5 of LGC 10.17 shall provide the government authority to enact and enforce the following, and be limited to such authorities:

a. Any Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) in the Lincoln Region shall be required to publicly disclose complaints made against the PBM within 24 hours of the issuance of any complaint.

b. Any company that markets or sells prescription drugs in the Lincoln Region shall be required to publicly disclose any price increase no less than thirty (30) days prior to such increase along with an explanation for such price increase.

c. No company that markets or sells prescription drugs in the Lincoln Region shall be permitted to enter into any agreement with a doctor, pharmacist, PBM, or insurance company prohibiting such person from mentioning lower-cost generic drugs.

d. No company that markets or sells prescription drugs in the Lincoln Region, or hospital or clinic that provides such drugs, shall be permitted to refuse to provide a drug that has not been approved by the FDA, if in the judgment of two physicians, such drug is required for an attempt to save a patient's life and no alternative treatment is readily avaliable.

e. The Drug Board established by Section II-10 of LGC 10.17, in addition to the authority provided there, shall identify prescription, generic, and other drugs, that are offered for sale in Lincoln and, at the Board's discretion, conduct an affordability review of any prescription drug product. The board may write and issue reports on such reviews, and may also issue recommendations to not use certain drugs or condemnations of particular drug companies. The board shall not have the power to formally sanction or fine drug companies or employees, except as otherwise provided by law.

3. No State shall impose restrictions on the hiring of employees in bars, restaurants, or liquor stores on the basis of prior criminal conviction, provided nothing in this provision shall act as a waiver on restrictions imposed by a sex offender registry, animal abuse registry, or terrorism registry, and nothing in this provision shall require an employer to hire such individuals, except where otherwise required by law.

4. Section IV-2 of LGC 12.12 is hereby repealed.

5. This act shall take effect immediately.

The amendment repeals the section of LGC 12.12 that was made moot by the Fairbol Amendment but was not struck from that bill.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Amendment Adopted.

Motion for a final vote

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

A vote on this bill is beginning

Aye

[ZMUN M441]

Abstain

[GM Team Member and Senator WB]

aye

[Vice President Christian Man]

Nay

[FairBol]

Nay. 

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

The vote is Tied, 2-2-1. The Governor shall break the tie.

[Adam Griffin]

I could nitpick on this, but my critiques are minor on balance. As such, I am not going to utilize a redraft here. Nevertheless, I will point out there's still a typo or 2 in the bill that should be corrected via spellcheck in its final iteration (don't think we need a redraft for such): we are a government, after all.

Tiebreak & signed.

x Adam Griffin