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SB 1444: Prescription Drug Benefits

GENERAL BILL by Harrell ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Mayfield

Prescription Drug Benefits; Citing this act as the “Prescription Drug Cost Reduction Act”; providing that pharmacy benefit managers have a fiduciary duty and obligation to specified individuals and entities; requiring group health plans, health insurers, and certain pharmacy benefit managers to base plan beneficiaries’ and insureds’ coinsurance obligations for certain prescription drugs on specified drug prices; providing circumstances under which contracts between health insurers or health maintenance organizations and pharmacy benefit managers are void and against the public policy, etc.

Effective Date: 1/1/2021
Last Action: 3/14/2020 Senate - Died in Banking and Insurance
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Banking and Insurance (BI)
  2. Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
  3. Appropriations (AP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    1/6/2020 Senate • Filed
    1/13/2020 Senate • Referred to Banking and Insurance; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 107
    1/14/2020 Senate • Introduced -SJ 106
    3/14/2020 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died in Banking and Insurance

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  • SB 1444, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/6/2020 at 3:05 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (2)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 961 Prescription Drug Benefits Toledo, Fine Similar Last Action: 3/14/2020 H Died in Health Market Reform Subcommittee
    S 1682 Prescription Drug Price Transparency Rodriguez Compare Last Action: 3/14/2020 S Died in Banking and Insurance

    Citations - Statutes (20)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    409.9201 Medicaid fraud. Page 36 (pdf)
    458.331 Grounds for disciplinary action; action by the board and department. Page 37 (pdf)
    459.015 Grounds for disciplinary action; action by the board and department. Page 38 (pdf)
    465.003 Definitions. Page 3 (pdf)
    465.014 Pharmacy technician. Page 40 (pdf)
    465.015 Violations and penalties. Page 41 (pdf)
    465.0156 Registration of nonresident pharmacies. Page 41 (pdf)
    465.016 Disciplinary actions. Page 41 (pdf)
    465.0197 Internet pharmacy permits. Page 41 (pdf)
    465.022 Pharmacies; general requirements; fees. Page 42 (pdf)
    465.023 Pharmacy permittee; disciplinary action. Page 43 (pdf)
    465.1901 Practice of orthotics and pedorthics. Page 43 (pdf)
    465.203 Page 10 (pdf)
    499.003 Definitions of terms used in this part. Page 44 (pdf)
    624.490 Registration of pharmacy benefit managers. Page 17 (pdf)
    627.42385 Page 18 (pdf)
    627.64741 Pharmacy benefit manager contracts. Page 21 (pdf)
    627.6572 Pharmacy benefit manager contracts. Page 26 (pdf)
    641.314 Pharmacy benefit manager contracts. Page 31 (pdf)
    893.02 Definitions. Page 44 (pdf)

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