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SB 492: Provision of Pharmaceutical Services

GENERAL BILL by Garcia

Provision of Pharmaceutical Services; Prohibiting certain health insurance policies and health maintenance contracts from requiring insureds and subscribers to obtain certain prescription drugs exclusively from mail order pharmacies for the treatment of specified chronic illnesses; requiring certain health maintenance organizations to include specified disclosures in their outlines of coverage regarding such prescription drugs, etc.

Effective Date: 1/1/2019
 Last Action: 3/10/2018 Senate - Died in Appropriations
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
    10/11/2017 Senate • Filed
    10/26/2017 Senate • Referred to Banking and Insurance; Health Policy; Appropriations -SJ 40
    1/9/2018 Senate • Introduced -SJ 39
    1/11/2018 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 01/16/18, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
    1/16/2018 Senate • Favorable by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 10 NAYS 1 -SJ 161
    1/17/2018 Senate • Now in Health Policy -SJ 161
    1/25/2018 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 01/30/18, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
    1/30/2018 Senate • Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 226
    • Now in Appropriations -SJ 226
    3/10/2018 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died in Appropriations

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  • SB 492, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 10/11/2017 at 9:46 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Banking and Insurance (Pre-Meeting) 1/12/2018 (pdf)
    Banking and Insurance (Post-Meeting) 1/16/2018 (pdf)
    Health Policy (Pre-Meeting) 1/29/2018 (pdf)
    Health Policy (Post-Meeting) 1/30/2018 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 289 (c1) Provision of Pharmaceutical Services Raschein Similar Last Action: 3/10/2018 H Died in Insurance and Banking Subcommittee Track This Bill

    Committee Votes (2)

    Date Committee Result
    1/16/2018 4:00 PM Banking and Insurance 10 Yeas - 1 Nays
    1/30/2018 10:00 AM Health Policy 8 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    627.6442 Page 2 (pdf)
    627.6572 Page 3 (pdf)
    641.31 Health maintenance contracts. Page 4 (pdf)

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