Legislation

Title: Health Insurance and Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Reimbursement for and Provision of Pharmacy Services
Sponsored by: Delegates Sample-Hughes, Kipke, Barron, Anderton, Bromwell, Carozza, Ghrist, Jacobs, Mautz, Otto, Pena-Melnyk, and K. Young
Status: In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor
Analysis: Fiscal and Policy Note

Synopsis

Authorizing a pharmacist or a pharmacy to decline to dispense a prescription drug or provide a pharmacy service to a member if the amount reimbursed by an insurer, a nonprofit health service plan, or a health maintenance organization is less than the acquisition cost; prohibiting a pharmacy benefits manager from reimbursing a pharmacy or pharmacist for a product or a pharmacy service in an amount less than the amount the pharmacy benefits manager reimburses itself for the same product or pharmacy service; applying the Act; etc.

Committees

Original:: Health and Government Operations

Details

Cross-filed with: SB1074

Introduced in a prior session as: HB1103 Session: 2017 Regular Session

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2018

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/09/2018 Legislative Date 2/09/2018 Action First Reading Health and Government Operations Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Health Insurance and Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Reimbursement for and Provision of Pharmacy Services Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/14/2018 Legislative Date 2/14/2018 Action Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/08/2018 Legislative Date 3/08/2018 Action Hearing canceled Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Vote - House - Committee - Health and Government Operations Proceedings Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/12/2018 Legislative Date 3/12/2018 Action Withdrawn by Sponsor Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
House	2/09/2018	2/09/2018	First Reading Health and Government Operations
			Text - First - Health Insurance and Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Reimbursement for and Provision of Pharmacy Services
House	2/14/2018	2/14/2018	Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m.
House	3/08/2018	3/08/2018	Hearing canceled
			Vote - House - Committee - Health and Government Operations	Click to view Recorded Media
House	3/12/2018	3/12/2018	Withdrawn by Sponsor

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