HB 961: Prescription Drug Benefits
GENERAL BILL by Toledo; Fine; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Beltran; Brown; Eskamani; Geller; Goff-Marcil; Killebrew; Mercado; Sabatini; Santiago; Sirois; Slosberg; Smith, C.
Prescription Drug Benefits; Provides pharmacy benefit managers have fiduciary duty to specified individuals & entities; provides requirements for services performance, contracts, specified funds, & maximum allowable cost lists; requires pharmacy benefit managers to allow payors access to specified records; requires income & financial benefits to be passed through to payors; requires DFS to investigate violations; requires group health plans, health insurers, & pharmacy benefit managers to base plan beneficiaries' & insureds' coinsurance obligations for prescription drugs on specified drug prices.
Last Action: 3/14/2020 House - Died in Health Market Reform Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 12/16/2019 | House |
• Filed |
| 1/3/2020 | House |
• Referred to Health Market Reform Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 83 |
| 1/14/2020 | House |
• Introduced -HJ 83 |
| 3/14/2020 | House |
• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration • Died in Health Market Reform Subcommittee |
