Nine states are considering laws that would require drug companies to report gifts they give physicians and hospital administrators. Four states--Vermont, Minnesota, West Virginia and Maine--currently have laws requiring gift reporting. Most of the new laws under consideration are based on a Vermont law passed in 2002. Under that law, drug companies are required to report any gift valued at more than $25 to the state's attorney general; names of recipients are not revealed.
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