Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for Patients Act; enact
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 64 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation and licensure of pharmacy benefits managers, so as to provide for definitions; to require pharmacy benefits managers to calculate defined cost sharing for insureds at the point of sale; to provide for statutory construction; to provide for violations; to provide for limitations; to provide for annual reporting; to provide for confidentiality; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
Mar 2023
House Passage
Mar 2023
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 9, 2023
Last action Mar 7, 2023
Floor votes · House Mar 6, 2023
How they voted
144–1
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 151
Mar 6, 2023
D
Democratic63
96% Yea
R
Republican88
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
9
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Mar 7, 2023
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Mar 6, 2023
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
lower
Mar 1, 2023
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
lower
Feb 28, 2023
Committee
House Withdrawn, Recommitted
lower
Feb 23, 2023
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
lower
Feb 9, 2023
Introduced
House Hopper
lower
6 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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