RELATING TO PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS.
Summary
Transfers regulatory jurisdiction for pharmacy benefit managers from the Department of Health to Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, including provisions for reimbursement amounts, disclosure of information, complaints process, and enforcement. (HB1442 HD1)
Bill status
in committee
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House Passage
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 24, 2019
Last action Feb 14, 2019
Floor votes · House Feb 7, 2019
How they voted
49–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 51
Feb 7, 2019
D
Democratic45
97% Yea
R
Republican5
80% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
4
Committee
7
Feb 14, 2019
Committee
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Aquino, Nakamura excused (2).
lower
Feb 14, 2019
Committee
Reported from CPC/JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 457), recommending referral to FIN.
lower
Feb 12, 2019
Lower · Passed
The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, San Buenaventura, Brower, Creagan, McKelvey, Morikawa, Say, Takayama, Yamane, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Lowen.
lower
Feb 12, 2019
Lower · Passed
The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Ichiyama, Aquino, Cachola, Har, Kong, Mizuno, Onishi, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Cabanilla Arakawa.
lower
Feb 7, 2019
Committee
Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 152) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC/JUD.
lower
Feb 7, 2019
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (49-0-2)
house
Jan 31, 2019
Lower · Passed
The committees on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Mizuno, B. Kobayashi, Belatti, Nakamura, San Buenaventura, Say, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Tokioka.
lower
Jan 28, 2019
Committee
Referred to HLT, CPC/JUD, FIN, referral sheet 6
lower
Jan 24, 2019
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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