HB2223
Pharmacies; delivery of prescription drugs, pharmacy benefits managers.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Pharmacies; delivery of prescription drugs; pharmacy benefits managers.
Requires health every carrier, as applicable, to administer its health benefit plans in a manner consistent with, or include in contracts for pharmacy benefits management, criteria and provisions that (i) permit a covered individual to fill any mail order-covered prescription, at the covered individual's option, at any mail order pharmacy ... (More) or network participating retail community pharmacy if the network participating retail community pharmacy agrees to accept a price that is comparable to that of the mail order pharmacy, calculated to reflect all drug manufacturer's rebates, direct and indirect administrative fees, costs and any remuneration; (ii) prohibit a pharmacy benefits manager (PBM) or carrier from imposing a differential copayment, additional fee, or other condition on any covered individual who elects to fill his prescription at an in-network retail community pharmacy that is not similarly imposed on covered individuals electing to fill a prescription from a mail order pharmacy; and (iii) require the PBM to use the same benchmark index to reimburse all pharmacies participating in the health benefit plan regardless of whether a pharmacy is a mail order pharmacy or a retail community pharmacy. The measure applies with respect to contracts entered into, amended, extended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2020. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/08/2019 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103343D
- 01/08/2019 - House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/16/2019 - House: Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1
- 01/24/2019 - House: Referred from Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/24/2019 - House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/31/2019 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2223)
- 01/31/2019 - House: House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 01/31/2019 - House: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (11-Y 8-N)
- 01/31/2019 - House: Committee substitute printed 19106247D-H1
- 02/03/2019 - House: Read first time
- 02/04/2019 - House: Read second time
- 02/04/2019 - House: Committee substitute agreed to 19106247D-H1
- 02/04/2019 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2223H1
- 02/05/2019 - House: Read third time and passed House (53-Y 46-N)
- 02/05/2019 - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (53-Y 46-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/06/2019 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/06/2019 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/07/2019 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2223H1)
- 02/14/2019 - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health with letter (11-Y 4-N)
