Scott Wiener
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 11
Author
Existing law, the Pharmacy Law, provides for the licensure and regulation of pharmacists by the California State Board of Pharmacy. Existing law authorizes a pharmacist to furnish at least a 30-day supply of HIV preexposure prophylaxis, and up to a 60-day supply of those drugs if certain conditions are met. Existing law also authorizes a pharmacist to furnish postexposure prophylaxis to a patient if certain conditions are met. This bill would authorize a pharmacist to furnish up to a 90-day course of preexposure prophylaxis, or preexposure prophylaxis beyond a 90-day course, if specified conditions are met. The bill would require the California State Board of Pharmacy to adopt emergency regulations to implement these provisions by October 31, 2024. Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care and makes a willful violation of the act a crime. Existing law also provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law prohibits a health care service plan or health insurer from covering preexposure prophylaxis that has been furnished by a pharmacist in excess of a 60-day supply once every 2 years, except as specified. Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services pursuant to a schedule of benefits. The existing schedule of benefits includes coverage for preexposure prophylaxis as pharmacist services, limited to no more than a 60-day supply furnished by a pharmacist once every 2 years, and includes coverage for postexposure prophylaxis, subject to approval by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. This bill would require a health care service plan and health insurer to cover preexposure prophylaxis and postexposure prophylaxis furnished by a pharmacist, including the pharmacist's services and related testing ordered by the pharmacist, and to pay or reimburse for the service performed by a pharmacist at an in-network pharmacy or a pharmacist at an out-of-network pharmacy if the health care service plan or health insurer has an out-of-network pharmacy benefit, except as specified. The bill would include preexposure prophylaxis furnished by a pharmacist as pharmacist services on the Medi-Cal schedule of benefits. Because a willful violation of these provisions by a health care service plan would be a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1, Statutes of 2024.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3018.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Urgency clause adopted.
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 3885.) Ordered to the Senate.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended. (Ayes 59. Noes 0. Page 3806.)
From inactive file.
Ordered to third reading.
Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Wood.
Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Low.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (September 1).
August 16 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 27).
June 20 hearing postponed by committee.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1218.) Ordered to the Assembly.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1166.) (May 18).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Set for hearing May 18.
May 8 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
Set for hearing May 8.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 940.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Set for hearing April 26.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 636.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D.
Set for hearing April 10.
Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E. D. and HEALTH.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 10.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB339 | HTML |
| 02/07/23 - Introduced | |
| 03/14/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/29/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/01/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 01/08/24 - Amended Assembly | |
| 01/24/24 - Enrolled | |
| 02/06/24 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/06/23- Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development | |
| 04/24/23- Senate Health | |
| 05/18/23- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/20/23- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/23/23- Assembly Health | |
| 07/07/23- Assembly Business and Professions | |
| 08/14/23- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 09/05/23- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 01/11/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 01/19/24- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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