"Early Prescription Refills During Emergencies Act"; health insurers to provide coverage for early refills of a 30 day supply; require; enact
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions regarding insurance, so as to require health insurers to provide coverage for early refills of a 30 day supply of certain prescription medications under certain emergency situations; to amend Code Section 26-4-80 of the O.C.G.A., relating to license required for practice of pharmacy, dispensing of prescription drugs, prescription drug orders, electronically transmitted drug orders, refills, and schedule II controlled substance prescriptions, so as to allow pharmacists to dispense certain refill prescription medications under certain circumstances; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to provide for legislative findings; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2020
Committee Review
Jun 2020
Senate Passage
Mar 2020
House Passage
Jun 2020
Signed into Law
Aug 2020
Introduced Feb 19, 2020
Signed Aug 5, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Mar 9, 2020
How they voted
24–0
Passed
Total votes 24
Mar 9, 2020
D
Democratic9
100% Yea
R
Republican15
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
6
Committee
3
Amendments
1
Aug 5, 2020
Signed into law
Act 589
upper
Aug 5, 2020
Signed into law
Senate Date Signed by Governor
upper
Jun 24, 2020
Introduced
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
upper
Jun 19, 2020
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
lower
Jun 17, 2020
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
lower
Mar 9, 2020
Upper · Passed
Senate Passed/Adopted
upper
Mar 3, 2020
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported
upper
Feb 20, 2020
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
5 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Ben Watson
RRepublican
P
Chuck Hufstetler
RRepublican
P
Dean Burke
RRepublican
P
John Albers
RRepublican
P
Kay Kirkpatrick
RRepublican
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