Health insurance; contracts with pharmacies and pharmacists, etc. (HB1177)
Introduced By
Sen. Todd E. Pillion (R-Abingdon) with support from co-patron Del. Israel O'Quinn (R-Bristol)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Pharmacists and pharmacy practices. Provides that no provider contract between a health carrier or its pharmacy benefits manager and a pharmacy or its contracting agent shall contain a provision (i) authorizing the carrier or its pharmacy benefits manager to charge, (ii) requiring the pharmacy or pharmacist to collect, or (iii) requiring an enrollee to make, a copayment for a covered prescription drug in an amount that exceeds the least of the applicable copayment for the prescription drug that would be payable in the absence of this section or the cash price the enrollee would pay for the prescription drug if the enrollee purchased the prescription drug without using the enrollee's health plan. The measure requires provider contracts between a health carrier or its pharmacy benefits manager and a pharmacy or its contracting agent to contain specific provisions that allow a pharmacy to (a) disclose to an enrollee information relating to the provisions of this section and the availability of a more affordable therapeutically equivalent prescription drug; (b) sell a more affordable therapeutically equivalent prescription drug to an enrollee if one is available; and (c) offer and provide direct and limited delivery services to an enrollee as an ancillary service of the pharmacy. The measure applies to provider contracts entered into, amended, extended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2019. This bill is identical to SB 933. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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01/10/2018 | Committee |
01/10/2018 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104095D |
01/10/2018 | Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions |
01/12/2018 | Impact statement from VDH (HB1177) |
01/18/2018 | Referred from Health, Welfare and Institutions |
01/18/2018 | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor |
02/01/2018 | Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (19-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/01/2018 | Committee substitute printed 18106486D-H1 |
02/05/2018 | Read first time |
02/06/2018 | Impact statement from VDH (HB1177H1) |
02/06/2018 | Read second time |
02/06/2018 | Committee substitute agreed to 18106486D-H1 |
02/06/2018 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1177H1 |
02/07/2018 | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) |
02/07/2018 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/08/2018 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
02/08/2018 | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor |
02/19/2018 | Reported from Commerce and Labor (11-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/21/2018 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/22/2018 | Read third time |
02/22/2018 | Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/26/2018 | Enrolled |
02/26/2018 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1177ER) |
02/26/2018 | Impact statement from VDH (HB1177ER) |
02/26/2018 | Signed by Speaker |
02/28/2018 | Signed by President |
03/02/2018 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2018 |
03/02/2018 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 9, 2018 |
03/09/2018 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 245 (effective 7/1/18) |
03/09/2018 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0245) |