File Code: Health Care Facilities and Regulation
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 343
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Klausmeier, Della, and Pugh
- Entitled:
-
Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Therapeutic Interchanges
Prohibiting a pharmacy benefits manager or its agent from requesting a
therapeutic interchange unless specified conditions are met; defining
"therapeutic interchange" as "any change from one prescription drug to
another"; requiring a pharmacy benefits manager or its agent to obtain
authorization to make a therapeutic interchange and to make
disclosures to a prescriber; requiring a pharmacy benefits manager or
its agent to disclose information to a beneficiary with the
prescription drug dispensed; 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.
- 3/25
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- 3/23
- Favorable with Amendments
- Laid Over (Senator Harris) Adopted
- 3/24
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/25
- Third Reading Passed (45-0)
- 4/2
- Senate Concur - House Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- Passed Enrolled
House Action
- 3/25
- First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
- 4/1
- Re-referred Health and Government Operations
- Hearing 4/3 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/5
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
- 3/31
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/1
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (140-0)
Action after passage in Senate and House
- 4/24
- Approved by the Governor
- - Chapter 203
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:
- Consumer Protection -see also- Unfair Trade Practices
- 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
- Prices -see also- Consumer Price Index
- Privacy
- Restitution
- Rules and Regulations
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
19-706
)
- Insurance
- (
15-1601 ,
15-1602
)
- 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):
Senate
- Number: 927171/01 Offered on: March 26, 2008 at:
10:17 a.m. Status: Adopted
House
- Number: 716386/01 Offered on: April 5, 2008 at:
12:27 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
Senate
- March 25, 2008: Third Reading Passed (45-0)
- April 2, 2008: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
House
- April 1, 2008: Third Reading Passed (140-0)
