SB 318 Indiana Senate · 2023 Regular Session

Audit of Medicaid program prescription drug costs.

Summary
Provides that the office of the attorney general, or an independent auditor with experience auditing expenses related to prescription drugs that is hired through a request for proposal process by the attorney general, shall conduct an audit concerning prescription drug costs for the Medicaid program. Requires the auditor to examine cost sharing, spread pricing, patient steering, proper brand and generic definitions, effective rate clawbacks, medical loss ratio inflation, formulary compliance, discriminatory pricing, and any other metric determined by the attorney general. Provides that the audit look back period for the initial audit must be the previous five state fiscal years. Provides that the audit look back period for every audit conducted thereafter must be the previous three state fiscal years. Provides that the results of an audit must be provided to the legislative council.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2023
Committee Review
Feb 2023
Senate Passage
Feb 2023
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 12, 2023 Last action Mar 6, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Feb 28, 2023

How they voted

470
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 48
Feb 28, 2023
D Democratic10
9 Yea 1
90% Yea
R Republican38
38 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
12
Key actions
3
Committee
2
Feb 28, 2023
Upper · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 193: yeas 49, nays 0
upper
Feb 23, 2023
Upper · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
upper
Feb 16, 2023
Upper · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations
upper
3 primary · 3 co-sponsors

Sponsors