Pharmacy benefits managers, practices relating to patient steering, price discrimination, fiduciary duty to client, price disclosure, etc. regulated, Dept of Insurance, duties and authorities revised, Act 2019-457, 2019 Reg. Sess., sections amended and renumbered; Secs. 27-45A-8 to 27-45A-12, inclusive, added; Secs. 10A-20-6.16, 27-21A-23, 27-45A-3, 27-45A-4, 27-45A-5, 27-45A-6, 27-45A-7 am'd.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2021
Committee Review
Senate Passage
Apr 2021
House Passage
Apr 2021
Signed into Law
Apr 2021
Introduced Feb 11, 2021
Signed Apr 29, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Apr 8, 2021 · House Apr 29, 2021
How they voted
30–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 32
Apr 8, 2021
D
Democratic8
75% Yea
R
Republican24
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
11
Committee
0
Amendments
7
Apr 29, 2021
Signed into law
Assigned Act No. 2021-341.
upper
Apr 29, 2021
Lower · Passed
Concurred in Second House Amendment
lower
Apr 29, 2021
Upper · Passed
Butler motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1214
upper
Apr 29, 2021
Lower · Passed
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1055
lower
Apr 29, 2021
Lower · Passed
Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1054
lower
Apr 29, 2021
Introduced
Ledbetter Amendment Offered
lower
Apr 29, 2021
Lower · Passed
Third Reading Passed
lower
Apr 8, 2021
Upper · Passed
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 867
upper
Apr 8, 2021
Upper · Passed
Butler motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 866
upper
Apr 8, 2021
Upper · Passed
Butler motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 865
upper
Apr 8, 2021
Introduced
Butler Amendment Offered
upper
Apr 8, 2021
Upper · Passed
Butler motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 864
upper
Apr 8, 2021
Introduced
Banking and Insurance first Substitute Offered
upper
Apr 8, 2021
Upper · Passed
Third Reading Passed
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Tom Butler
RRepublican
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