Accident and sickness insurance; step therapy protocols. (HB2126)

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Progress

✓	Introduced
☐	Passed Committee
☐	Passed House
☐	Passed Senate
☐	Signed by Governor
☐	Became Law

Description

Health insurance; step therapy protocols. Requires carriers issuing health benefit plans to utilize certain clinical review criteria to establish step therapy protocols. The measure establishes clinical review criteria used to establish such protocols and requires carriers to establish a process by which a patient or provider may seek a step therapy override exception determination. The provisions of the measure shall apply to any health benefit plan delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, 2020. Read the Bill »

Status

01/15/2019: Awaiting a Vote in the Commerce and Labor Committee

History

Date	Action
01/08/2019	Committee
01/08/2019	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102027D
01/08/2019	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/15/2019	Assigned C & L sub: Subcommittee #1