Pharmacies; freedom of choice by covered individual. (HB2219)

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Progress

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

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

04/12/2021: Awaiting a Vote in the Finance and Appropriations Committee

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)