Pharmacies; freedom of choice by covered individual. (HB2219)
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Description
Pharmacies; freedom of choice. Provides that no insurance carrier, corporation providing preferred provider subscription contracts, or health maintenance organization providing health care plans or its pharmacy benefits manager shall prohibit a covered individual from selecting the pharmacy of his choice to furnish specialty pharmaceutical benefits under the covered individual's policy. The bill provides that no pharmacy that meets the terms and conditions of participation shall be precluded from obtaining a direct service agreement or participating provider agreement and that any request for such agreement by a pharmacy shall be acted upon by a carrier, corporation, or organization or its pharmacy benefits manager within 60 days of receiving the request. Read the Bill »
Status
03/18/2021: signed by governor
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/13/2021 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102194D |
| 01/13/2021 | Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce |
| 01/19/2021 | Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2 |
| 01/28/2021 | Impact statement from DPB (HB2219) |
| 01/28/2021 | House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered |
| 01/28/2021 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) |
| 02/02/2021 | Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/02/2021 | Committee substitute printed 21103810D-H1 |
| 02/03/2021 | Read first time |
| 02/04/2021 | Read second time |
| 02/04/2021 | Committee substitute agreed to 21103810D-H1 |
| 02/04/2021 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2219H1 |
| 02/05/2021 | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) |
| 02/05/2021 | VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/05/2021 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 02/05/2021 | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor |
| 02/05/2021 | Impact statement from DPB (HB2219H1) |
| 02/05/2021 | Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/15/2021 | Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/15/2021 | Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations |
| 02/17/2021 | Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/17/2021 | Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/18/2021 | Read third time |
| 02/18/2021 | Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/18/2021 | Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/18/2021 | Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/22/2021 | Enrolled |
| 02/22/2021 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2219ER) |
| 02/22/2021 | Signed by President |
| 02/23/2021 | Impact statement from DPB (HB2219ER) |
| 02/24/2021 | Signed by Speaker |
| 02/25/2021 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021 |
| 02/25/2021 | G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021 |
| 03/18/2021 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 229 (effective 7/1/21) |
| 03/18/2021 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0229) |