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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.

Effective Date: 1/1/2016
Last Action: 4/28/2015 House - Died on Calendar
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Banking and Insurance (BI)
  2. Health Policy (HP)
  3. Appropriations (AP)

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  • 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

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  • SB 728, Engrossed 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/14/2015 at 12:57 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1021 (c1) Health Insurance for Opioids Nunez Similar Last Action: 4/23/2015 H Laid on Table -HJ 744
    Location: Laid on Table

    Floor Votes (1)

    Date Chamber Result
    4/22/2015 1:44 PM Senate 39 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    627.64194 Page 2 (pdf)

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  • SB 728, Original Filed Version Posted 2/5/2015 at 10:27 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Banking and Insurance (Pre-Meeting) 3/9/2015 (pdf)
    Banking and Insurance (Post-Meeting) 3/10/2015 (pdf)
    Health Policy (Pre-Meeting) 3/20/2015 (pdf)
    Health Policy (Post-Meeting) 3/24/2015 (pdf)
    Appropriations (Pre-Meeting) 4/8/2015 (pdf)
    Appropriations (Post-Meeting) 4/10/2015 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1021 (c1) Health Insurance for Opioids Nunez Similar Last Action: 4/23/2015 H Laid on Table -HJ 744
    Location: Laid on Table

    Floor Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Floor Action Format
    583640 - Amendment
    Delete line 58 and insert:
    Benacquisto 4/13/2015
    12:34 PM
    Senate: Adopted
    4/14/2015
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    Committee Votes (3)

    Date Committee Result
    3/10/2015 1:30 PM Banking and Insurance 10 Yeas - 0 Nays
    3/23/2015 1:30 PM Health Policy 9 Yeas - 0 Nays
    4/9/2015 1:00 PM Appropriations 16 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    627.64194 Page 2 (pdf)

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