Bill Summary

HB 961 Prescription Drug Benefit (2020 Session)
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Sponsors
by Toledo, Fine Co Sponsors: Beltran, Brown, Eskamani, Geller, Goff-Marcil, Mercado, Sabatini, Santiago, Sirois, Slosberg-King, Smith (C), Killebrew
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Summary
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. Effective Date: January 1, 2021
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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
12/16/19
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Filed
01/03/20
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Referred to Health Market Reform Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; Health & Human Services Committee
01/03/20
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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Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration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
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Filed on 12/16/19
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Statute Citations
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