An Act relative to fail first and patient safety
Summary
By Ms. Benson of Lunenburg, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1853) of Jennifer E. Benson and others for legislation to establish a commission on step therapy protocol to address the impact of step therapy protocols on total medical expenses and health care quality outcomes. Public Health.
Bill status
passed
3 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Aug 2019
Senate Passage
Aug 2019
Governor
Introduced Jan 22, 2019
Last action Nov 22, 2019
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Aug 15, 2019
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred
upper
Aug 1, 2019
Committee
Discharged to the committee on Health Care Financing
lower
Jan 22, 2019
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred
upper
Jan 22, 2019
Committee
Referred to the committee on Public Health
lower
0 primary · 41 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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