Legislation

Title: Health Insurance - Requirements for Establishing Step Therapy Protocol and Requesting Exceptions
Sponsored by: Delegates P. Young, Bhandari, Carr, Gilchrist, Kipke, R. Lewis, and Saab
Status: In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor
Analysis: Fiscal and Policy Note

Synopsis

Repealing certain prohibitions on certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations regarding the imposition of step therapy or fail-first protocols; requiring a step therapy protocol to be established by using certain criteria based on certain guidelines; requiring certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, or health maintenance organizations to establish a certain process for requesting an exception step therapy protocol; etc.

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Original:: Health and Government Operations Click to view Recorded Media

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Cross-filed with: SB0952

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): January 1, 2021

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/07/2020 Legislative Date 2/07/2020 Action First Reading Health and Government Operations Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Health Insurance - Requirements for Establishing Step Therapy Protocol and Requesting Exceptions Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/10/2020 Legislative Date 2/10/2020 Action Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Vote - House - Committee - Health and Government Operations Proceedings Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/13/2020 Legislative Date 3/13/2020 Action Withdrawn by Sponsor Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
House	2/07/2020	2/07/2020	First Reading Health and Government Operations
			Text - First - Health Insurance - Requirements for Establishing Step Therapy Protocol and Requesting Exceptions
House	2/10/2020	2/10/2020	Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
			Vote - House - Committee - Health and Government Operations	Click to view Recorded Media
House	3/13/2020	3/13/2020	Withdrawn by Sponsor

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