Bill Summary

HB 561 Prescription Drug Coverage (2020 Session)
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Sponsors
by Altman
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Summary
Prescription Drug Coverage: Requires individual & group health insurers & HMOs to provide notice of prescription drug formulary changes; specifies requirements for notice of medical necessity submitted by treating physicians; specifies coverage requirement & restrictions on coverage modification by insurers & HMOs receiving such notice; requires insurers & HMOs to maintain record of formulary changes; requires small employer carriers to comply with requirements for prescription drug formulary changes; requires insurers & HMOs to apply reductions in out-of-pocket expenses for prescription drugs toward cost-sharing obligations. Effective Date: July 1, 2020
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committees of reference
» H Health Market Reform Subcommittee
   H Appropriations Committee
   H Health & Human Services Committee
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Actions
11/06/19
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Filed
11/15/19
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Referred to Health Market Reform Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; Health & Human Services Committee
11/15/19
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Now in Health Market Reform Subcommittee
03/14/20
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Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
03/14/20
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Died in Health Market Reform Subcommittee
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bill text & filed amendments
0561
Filed on 11/06/19
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No amendments to this bill text filed.
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Statute Citations
627.42394
627.6404
627.64742
627.6699
641.31
641.3157
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