File Code: Health Care Facilities and Regulation
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 723
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Kipke, Beitzel, Benson, Bromwell, Costa, Elliott, George, Hammen,
Heller, Holmes, Hubbard, Kach, King, Kullen, Love, McDonough, Pena-Melnyk,
Reznik, Riley, Robinson, Sophocleus, Weldon, Donoghue, Mizeur, Montgomery,
Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, and Pendergrass
- 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.
House Action
- 1/25
- First Reading Health and Government Operations
- 1/30
- Hearing 2/7 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/18
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
- 3/16
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/17
- Third Reading Passed (136-0)
- 3/30
- House Concur - Senate Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (139-0)
- Passed Enrolled
Senate Action
- 3/20
- First Reading Finance
- 3/21
- Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/31
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- 3/28
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/29
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (47-0)
Action after passage in House and Senate
- 4/24
- Approved by the Governor
- - Chapter 204
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Nicholaus R. Kipke, District 31
- Delegate Wendell R. Beitzel, District 1A
- Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
- Delegate Eric M. Bromwell, District 8
- Delegate Robert A. Costa, District 33B
- Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C
- Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B
- Delegate Ron George, District 30
- Delegate Peter A. Hammen, District 46
- Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19
- Delegate Marvin E. Holmes, Jr., District 23B
- Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23A
- Delegate Wade Kach, District 5B
- Delegate James J. King, District 33A
- Delegate Sue Kullen, District 27B
- Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32
- Delegate Pat McDonough, District 7
- Delegate Heather R. Mizeur, District 20
- Delegate Karen S. Montgomery, District 14
- Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
- Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
- Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41
- Delegate Joseline A. Pena-Melnyk, District 21
- Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13
- Delegate Kirill Reznik, District 39
- Delegate B. Daniel Riley, District 34A
- Delegate Barbara Robinson, District 40
- Delegate Theodore Sophocleus, District 32
- Delegate Richard B. Weldon, Jr., District 3B
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):
House
- Number: 366287/01 Offered on: March 19, 2008 at:
10:48 a.m. Status: Adopted
Senate
- Number: 557579/01 Offered on: April 1, 2008 at:
12:10 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
- March 17, 2008: Third Reading Passed (136-0)
- March 30, 2008: Third Reading Passed (139-0)
Senate
- March 29, 2008: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
