File Code: Health Care Facilities and Regulation
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 343  
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
Senators Klausmeier, Della, and Pugh
 
- 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.
Senate Action
- 2/1
 - First Reading Finance
 - 2/20
 - Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 3/25
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
 - 3/23
 - Favorable with Amendments
 -      Laid Over (Senator Harris) Adopted
 - 3/24
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 3/25
 - Third Reading Passed (45-0)
 - 4/2
 - Senate Concur - House Amendments
 -      Third Reading Passed (47-0)
 -      Passed Enrolled
 
House Action
- 3/25
 - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
 - 4/1
 - Re-referred Health and Government Operations
 -      Hearing 4/3 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 4/5
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
 - 3/31
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 4/1
 - Third Reading Passed with Amendments (140-0)
 
Action after passage in Senate and House
- 4/24
 - Approved by the Governor
 -      - Chapter 203
 
Sponsored by:
- Senator Katherine Klausmeier, District 8
 - Senator George W. Della, Jr., District 46
 - Senator Catherine E. Pugh, District 40
 
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):
 Senate
- Number: 927171/01     Offered on: March 26, 2008      at:
10:17 a.m.     Status: Adopted
 
House 
- Number: 716386/01     Offered on: April 5, 2008       at:
12:27 p.m.     Status: Adopted
 
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
 Senate
- March 25, 2008: Third Reading Passed  (45-0)
 - April 2, 2008: Third Reading Passed  (47-0)
 
House 
- April 1, 2008: Third Reading Passed  (140-0)