SB 728: Health Insurance Coverage for Opioids
GENERAL BILL by Benacquisto
Health Insurance Coverage for Opioids; Providing that a health insurance policy that covers opioid analgesic drug products may impose a prior authorization requirement for an abuse-deterrent opioid analgesic drug product only if the insurer imposes the same requirement for each opioid analgesic drug product without an abuse-deterrence labeling claim; prohibiting such health insurance policy from requiring use of an opioid analgesic drug product without an abuse-deterrence labeling claim before providing coverage for an abuse-deterrent opioid analgesic drug product, etc.
Senate Committee References:
- Banking and Insurance (BI)
- Health Policy (HP)
- Appropriations (AP)
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/5/2015 | Senate |
• Filed |
| 2/13/2015 | Senate |
• Referred to Banking and Insurance; Health Policy; Appropriations -SJ 82 |
| 3/3/2015 | Senate |
• Introduced -SJ 82 |
| 3/5/2015 | Senate |
• On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 03/10/15, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Office Building |
| 3/10/2015 | Senate |
• Favorable by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -SJ 191 • Now in Health Policy -SJ 191 |
| 3/18/2015 | Senate |
• On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/23/15, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building |
| 3/23/2015 | Senate |
• Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -SJ 252 |
| 3/24/2015 | Senate |
• Now in Appropriations -SJ 252 |
| 4/6/2015 | Senate |
• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/09/15, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building |
| 4/9/2015 | Senate |
• Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 -SJ 377 |
| 4/10/2015 | Senate |
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 377 • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/14/15 |
| 4/14/2015 | Senate |
• Read 2nd time -SJ 416 • Amendment(s) adopted (583640) -SJ 416 • Ordered engrossed -SJ 416 • Placed on 3rd reading |
| 4/22/2015 | Senate |
• Read 3rd time -SJ 485 • Passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 485 |
| 4/22/2015 | House |
• In Messages • Referred to Calendar -HJ 676 • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/23/15 • Received -HJ 676 |
| 4/23/2015 | House |
• Substituted for CS/HB 1021 -HJ 744 • Read 2nd time -HJ 744 • Placed on 3rd reading |
| 4/24/2015 | House |
• Temporarily postponed, on 3rd Reading -HJ 791 |
| 4/27/2015 | House |
• Temporarily postponed, on 3rd Reading -HJ 856 |
| 4/28/2015 | House |
• Temporarily postponed, on 3rd Reading -HJ 877 • Died on Calendar |
