File Code: Health Care Facilities and Regulation
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 257  
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
Senators Klausmeier, Della, and Pugh
 
- Entitled: 
 - 
Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Contracts with Pharmacies and Pharmacists
 
Requiring a pharmacy benefits manager to disclose specified
information to a pharmacy or pharmacist at the time of entering into a
contract with the pharmacy or pharmacist and also at a specified time
before a contract change; requiring a pharmacy benefits manager to
establish a specified appeals process; 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.
 - 4/2
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
 - 3/30
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Floor Amendment (Senator Klausmeier) Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 3/31
 - Third Reading Passed (46-0)
 - 4/4
 - Returned Passed
 
House Action
- 3/29
 - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
 - 4/5
 - Re-referred Health and Government Operations
 - 4/7
 - Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations
 - 4/2
 - Favorable Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed
 - 4/3
 - Third Reading Passed (140-0)
 
Action after passage in Senate and House
- 5/22
 - Vetoed by the Governor (Duplicative)
 
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:
- Appeals -see also- Judicial Review
 - Auditors and Audits
 - Contracts -see also- Land Installment Contracts; Procurement
 - 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
 - Records -see also- Land Records; Vital Records
 - Reimbursement Rates
 - Reports
 - Restitution
 - Rules and Regulations
 
Bill affects the following Statutes:
-   Health - General
 - (
 19-706 
)
 -   Insurance
 - (
 15-1601 ,
 15-1602 ,
 15-1603 
)
 
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
 First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
 - Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
 Available
 - Amendments (Displayed in PDF Format):
 Senate
- Number: 137572/01     Offered on: April 3, 2008       at:
12:22 p.m.     Status: Adopted
 - Number: 323424/01     Offered on: April 3, 2008       at:
12:24 p.m.     Status: Adopted
 
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
 Senate
- March 31, 2008: Third Reading Passed  (46-0)
 
House 
- April 3, 2008: Third Reading Passed  (140-0)