SB 786: Prescription Insulin Drugs
GENERAL BILL by Cruz ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Berman ; Stewart
Prescription Insulin Drugs; Defining the term “prescription insulin drug”; requiring individual and group health insurance policies, respectively, to cap an insured’s monthly cost-sharing obligation for covered prescription insulin drugs at a specified amount; providing that coverage for prescription insulin drugs may not be subject to a deductible, etc.
Effective Date: 1/1/2022
Last Action: 4/30/2021 Senate - Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Last Action: 4/30/2021 Senate - Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
- Banking and Insurance (BI)
- Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
- Appropriations (AP)
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 1/25/2021 Senate • Filed
1/28/2021 Senate • Referred to Banking and Insurance; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 94
3/2/2021 Senate • Introduced -SJ 94
3/19/2021 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 03/24/21, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
3/24/2021 Senate • Favorable by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 -SJ 312
• Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
4/30/2021 Senate • Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
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SB 786, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/25/2021 at 4:12 PM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: Banking and Insurance (Pre-Meeting) 3/23/2021 (pdf)
Banking and Insurance (Post-Meeting) 3/24/2021 (pdf)
Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 109 Prescription Insulin Drugs Bell Identical Last Action: 4/30/2021 H Died in Finance & Facilities Subcommittee 
Committee Votes (1)
Date Committee Result 3/24/2021 8:30 AM Banking and Insurance 12 Yeas - 0 Nays Citations - Statutes (4)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 627.64085 Page 1 (pdf) 627.65746 Page 2 (pdf) 627.6699 Employee Health Care Access Act. Page 3 (pdf) 641.31 Health maintenance contracts. Page 3 (pdf)