Legislation

Requiring a pharmacist, or the pharmacist's designee who is under certain supervision, to inform a certain consumer of the availability of certain therapeutically equivalent drugs and the cost difference between the therapeutically equivalent drug and a certain prescribed drug; altering the cost difference of which a pharmacist, or the pharmacist's designee is required to inform a retail consumer under certain circumstances; requiring that a certain determination be based on a consumer's prescription benefit and formulary; etc.

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

Opposite:: Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs

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Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2020

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/06/2020 Legislative Date 2/06/2020 Action First Reading Health and Government Operations Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Pharmacists - Required Notification and Authorized Substitution - Lower-Cost Brand Name Drug or Device Product Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/10/2020 Legislative Date 2/10/2020 Action Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/11/2020 Legislative Date 2/11/2020 Action Hearing canceled Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/11/2020 Legislative Date 2/11/2020 Action Hearing 2/25 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 Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/13/2020 Legislative Date 3/10/2020 Action Favorable with Amendments {626287/1 Adopted Proceedings 47AClick to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/13/2020 Legislative Date 3/10/2020 Action Second Reading Passed with Amendments Proceedings 47AClick to view Recorded Media
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - Third - Pharmacists – Required Notification and Authorized Substitution – Lower–Cost Drug or Device Product Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/14/2020 Legislative Date 3/11/2020 Action Third Reading Passed (131-0) Proceedings 48 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/15/2020 Legislative Date 3/10/2020 Action Referred Finance Proceedings 49 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/16/2020 Legislative Date 3/11/2020 Action Reassigned to Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Proceedings 50 Click to view Recorded Media

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
House	2/06/2020	2/06/2020	First Reading Health and Government Operations
			Text - First - Pharmacists - Required Notification and Authorized Substitution - Lower-Cost Brand Name Drug or Device Product
House	2/10/2020	2/10/2020	Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
House	2/11/2020	2/11/2020	Hearing canceled
House	2/11/2020	2/11/2020	Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
			Vote - House - Committee - Health and Government Operations	Click to view Recorded Media
House	3/13/2020	3/13/2020	Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
House	3/13/2020	3/10/2020	Favorable with Amendments {626287/1 Adopted	47AClick to view Recorded Media
House	3/13/2020	3/10/2020	Second Reading Passed with Amendments	47AClick to view Recorded Media
			Text - Third - Pharmacists – Required Notification and Authorized Substitution – Lower–Cost Drug or Device Product
House	3/14/2020	3/11/2020	Third Reading Passed (131-0)	48 Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	3/15/2020	3/10/2020	Referred Finance	49 Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	3/16/2020	3/11/2020	Reassigned to Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs	50 Click to view Recorded Media

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