File Code: Health Occupations
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 791  
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
Delegates Tarrant, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Pena-Melnyk, Reznik, Riley, and
V. Turner
 
- Entitled: 
 - 
Group Model Health Maintenance Organizations - Drug Therapy Management
 
Requiring licensed physicians and licensed pharmacists who provide
drug therapy management to patients in a group model health
maintenance organization to have a physician-pharmacist agreement
approved by the State Board of Pharmacy and the State Board of
Physicians in place; requiring physician-pharmacist agreements to
prohibit substitutions of chemically dissimilar drug products, subject
to specified exceptions; prohibiting the Boards from approving a
physician-pharmacist agreement under specified circumstances; etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occurring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
House Action
- 2/10
 - First Reading Health and Government Operations
 - 2/25
 - Hearing 3/5 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 3/27
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
 - 3/24
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 3/25
 - Third Reading Passed (135-0)
 - 4/6
 - House Concur - Senate Amendments
 -      Third Reading Passed (137-0)
 -      Passed Enrolled
 
Senate Action
- 3/28
 - First Reading Finance
 - 3/31
 - Hearing 4/2 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 4/9
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
 - 4/5
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 4/6
 - Third Reading Passed with Amendments (47-0)
 
Action after passage in House  and Senate
- 5/7
 - Approved by the Governor
 -      - Chapter 315
 
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Shawn Z. Tarrant, District 40
 - Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
 - Delegate Eric M. Bromwell, District 8
 - Delegate Robert A. Costa, District 33B
 - Delegate Joseline A. Pena-Melnyk, District 21
 - Delegate Kirill Reznik, District 39
 - Delegate B. Daniel Riley, District 34A
 - Delegate Veronica Turner, District 26
 
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Committees and Commissions -see also- Political Committees
 - Consumer Protection -see also- Unfair Trade Practices
 - Contracts -see also- Land Installment Contracts; Procurement
 - Disclosure
 - Drugs -see also- Controlled Dangerous Sub; Substance Abuse
 - Health -see also- Mental Health
 - Health Maintenance Organizations -see also- Manage Care Orgs
 - Health Occupations -see also- specific health occupations
 - Patients
 - Pharmacists and Pharmacies
 - Physicians -see also- Dentists; Med Exmnrs; Psych; etc
 
Bill affects the following Statutes:
-   Health - General
 - (
 19-701 ,
 19-713.6 
)
 -   Health Occupations
 - (
 12-101 ,
 12-101 ,
 12-6A-01 ,
 12-6A-02 
)
 
- 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: 886385/01     Offered on: March 27, 2009      at:
12:23 p.m.     Status: Adopted
 
Senate
- Number: 527678/01     Offered on: April 9, 2009       at:
4:06 p.m.      Status: Adopted
 
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
 House 
- March 25, 2009: Third Reading Passed  (135-0)
 - April 6, 2009: Third Reading Passed  (137-0)
 
Senate
- April 6, 2009: Third Reading Passed  (47-0)