Jim Wood
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 2
Author
Existing law regulates the packaging, labeling, and advertising of drugs and devices. This bill would generally prohibit a person who manufactures a prescription drug from offering in California any discount, repayment, product voucher, or other reduction in an individual's out-of-pocket expenses associated with his or her health insurance, health care service plan, or other health coverage, including, but not limited to, a copayment, coinsurance, or deductible, for any prescription drug if a lower cost generic drug is covered under the individual's health insurance, health care service plan, or other health coverage on a lower cost-sharing tier that is designated as therapeutically equivalent to the prescription drug manufactured by that person or if the active ingredients of the drug are contained in products regulated by the federal Food and Drug Administration, are available without prescription at a lower cost, and are not otherwise contraindicated for the condition for which the prescription drug is approved. The bill would specify exceptions to these prohibitions, including, among other things, if the individual has completed any applicable step therapy or prior authorization for the prescription drug as mandated by the individual's health insurer, health care service plan, or other health coverage, or if a rebate is received by a state agency. The bill would also clarify that it does not prohibit an entity, including a manufacturer of prescription drugs, from offering a pharmaceutical product free of any cost, if the product is free of cost to both the patient and his or her health insurer, health care service plan, or other health coverage, that it does not affect a pharmacist's ability to substitute a prescription drug, and that it does not prohibit or limit assistance to a patient provided by an independent charity patient assistance program, as defined.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 611, Statutes of 2017.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 51. Noes 17. Page 3333.).
Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 25. Page 3255.)
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 15. Page 2771.).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (July 5).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 15. Page 1960.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 52. Noes 24. Page 1776.)
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 26).
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended.
Read second time and amended.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (April 18).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.
Coauthors revised.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 3.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| AB265 | HTML |
| 01/31/17 - Introduced | |
| 03/27/17 - Amended Assembly | |
| 04/26/17 - Amended Assembly | |
| 05/10/17 - Amended Assembly | |
| 05/30/17 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/22/17 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/27/17 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/31/17 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/07/17 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/15/17 - Enrolled | |
| 10/09/17 - Chaptered |
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