Keith Hodges
- Republican
- Delegate
- District 68
Primary
Pharmacies; freedom of choice. Provides that no insurance carrier, corporation providing preferred provider subscription contracts, or health maintenance organization providing health care plans or its pharmacy benefits manager shall prohibit a covered individual from selecting the pharmacy of his choice to furnish specialty pharmaceutical benefits under the covered individual's policy. The bill provides that no pharmacy that meets the terms and conditions of participation shall be precluded from obtaining a direct service agreement or participating provider agreement and that any request for such agreement by a pharmacy shall be acted upon by a carrier, corporation, or organization or its pharmacy benefits manager within 60 days of receiving the request.
Pharmacies; freedom of choice. Requiresthat no carrier, health maintenance organization, or pharmacy benefitsmanager shall prohibit a covered individual from selecting the pharmacy of his choice to furnish retail, mail order, or specialty pharmaceuticalbenefits under the covered individual's policy. The bill providesthat no pharmacy that meets the terms and conditions of participationshall be precluded from obtaining a direct service agreement or participatingprovider agreement and that any request for such agreement by a pharmacyshall be acted upon by a carrier, health maintenance organization,or pharmacy benefits manager within 30 days of receiving the request.Under current law, some of these requirements apply to health maintenanceorganizations; those requirements are expanded in the bill.
Approved by Governor-Chapter 229 (effective 7/1/21)
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
Signed by Speaker
Impact statement from DPB (HB2219ER)
Signed by President
Enrolled
Read third time
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
Impact statement from DPB (HB2219H1)
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
Constitutional reading dispensed
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2219H1
Committee substitute agreed to 21103810D-H1
Read second time
Read first time
Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
Committee substitute printed 21103810D-H1
Impact statement from DPB (HB2219)
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102194D
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102194D | HTML |
| Committee substitute printed 21103810D-H1 | HTML |
| HB2219ER | HTML |
| CHAP0229 | HTML |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| Fiscal Impact Statement: HB2219FH1122.PDF | |
| Fiscal Impact Statement: HB2219F122.PDF |
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