File Code: Health Care Facilities and Regulation
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 723  
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
Delegates Kipke, Beitzel, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Elliott, George, Hammen,
Heller, Holmes, Hubbard, Kach, King, Kullen, Love, McDonough, Pena-Melnyk,
Reznik, Riley, Robinson, Sophocleus, Weldon, Donoghue, Mizeur, Montgomery,
Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, and Pendergrass
 
- Entitled: 
 - 
Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Therapeutic Interchanges
 
Prohibiting a pharmacy benefits manager or its agent from requesting a
therapeutic interchange unless specified conditions are met; defining
"therapeutic interchange" as "any change from one prescription drug to
another"; requiring a pharmacy benefits manager or its agent to obtain
authorization to make a therapeutic interchange and to make
disclosures to a prescriber; requiring a pharmacy benefits manager or
its agent to disclose information to a beneficiary with the
prescription drug dispensed; etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occuring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
House Action
- 1/25
 - First Reading Health and Government Operations
 - 1/30
 - Hearing 2/7 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 3/18
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
 - 3/16
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 3/17
 - Third Reading Passed (136-0)
 - 3/30
 - House Concur - Senate Amendments
 -      Third Reading Passed (139-0)
 -      Passed Enrolled
 
Senate Action
- 3/20
 - First Reading Finance
 - 3/21
 - Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 3/31
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
 - 3/28
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 3/29
 - Third Reading Passed with Amendments (47-0)
 
Action after passage in House  and Senate
- 4/24
 - Approved by the Governor
 -      - Chapter 204
 
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Nicholaus R. Kipke, District 31
 - Delegate Wendell R. Beitzel, District 1A
 - Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
 - Delegate Eric M. Bromwell, District 8
 - Delegate Robert A. Costa, District 33B
 - Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C
 - Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B
 - Delegate Ron George, District 30
 - Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46
 - Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19
 - Delegate Marvin E. Holmes, Jr., District 23B
 - Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A
 - Delegate Wade Kach, District 5B
 - Delegate James J. King, District 33A
 - Delegate Sue Kullen, District 27B
 - Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32
 - Delegate Pat McDonough, District 7
 - Delegate Heather R. Mizeur, District 20
 - Delegate Karen S. Montgomery, District 14
 - Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
 - Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
 - Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41
 - Delegate Joseline A. Pena-Melnyk, District 21
 - Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13
 - Delegate Kirill Reznik, District 39
 - Delegate B. Daniel Riley, District 34A
 - Delegate Barbara Robinson, District 40
 - Delegate Theodore Sophocleus, District 32
 - Delegate Richard B. Weldon, Jr., District 3B
 
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Consumer Protection -see also- Unfair Trade Practices
 - Disclosure
 - Drugs -see also- Controlled Dangerous Sub; Substance Abuse
 - Health Insurance -see also- HMOS; Managed Care Organizations
 - Health Maintenance Organizations -see also- Manage Care Orgs
 - Health Occupations -see also- specific health occupations
 - Insurance Administration
 - Notices
 - Penalties
 - Pharmacists and Pharmacies
 - Prices -see also- Consumer Price Index
 - Privacy
 - Restitution
 - Rules and Regulations
 
Bill affects the following Statutes:
-   Health - General
 - (
 19-706 
)
 -   Insurance
 - (
 15-1601 ,
 15-1602 
)
 
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
 First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter
 - Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
 Available
 - Amendments (Displayed in PDF Format):
 House 
- Number: 366287/01     Offered on: March 19, 2008      at:
10:48 a.m.     Status: Adopted
 
Senate
- Number: 557579/01     Offered on: April 1, 2008       at:
12:10 p.m.     Status: Adopted
 
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
 House 
- March 17, 2008: Third Reading Passed  (136-0)
 - March 30, 2008: Third Reading Passed  (139-0)
 
Senate
- March 29, 2008: Third Reading Passed  (47-0)