Pharmacies; freedom of choice. (HB2219)

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Progress

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

Description

Pharmacies; freedom of choice. Requires that no carrier, health maintenance organization, or pharmacy benefits manager shall prohibit a covered individual from selecting the pharmacy of his choice to furnish retail, mail order, or 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, health maintenance organization, or pharmacy benefits manager within 30 days of receiving the request. Under current law, some of these requirements apply to health maintenance organizations; those requirements are expanded in the bill. Read the Bill »

Status

01/13/2021: Awaiting a Vote in the Labor and Commerce Committee

History

Date	Action
01/13/2021	Committee
01/13/2021	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102194D
01/13/2021	Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce