Health insurance; pharmacy benefits managers, reporting requirements, civil penalty.
Summary
Health insurance; pharmacy benefits managers; reporting requirements; civil penalty. Provides that a person that violates the existing requirement to obtain a license prior to providing pharmacy benefits management services or otherwise acting as a pharmacy benefits manager shall be subject to a civil penalty of $5,000 for each day on which such violation occurs. The bill adds additional requirements to existing reporting requirements for insurance carriers relating to pharmacy benefits managers. Such additional requirements include (i) the aggregate amount of a pharmacy benefits manager's retained rebates, as defined in the bill; (ii) a pharmacy benefits manager's aggregate retained rebate percentage, as defined in the bill; (iii) a pharmacy benefits manager's retained rebate percentage, as defined in the bill, for each health benefit plan; and (iv) the aggregate amount of administrative fees received by a pharmacy benefits manager.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
Signed into Law
Apr 2024
Introduced Jan 17, 2024
Signed Apr 2, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 21, 2024 · House of Delegates Feb 7, 2024
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 21, 2024
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
31
Key actions
13
Committee
7
Amendments
2
Apr 2, 2024
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 329 (effective 7/1/24)
executive
Mar 1, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 27, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 27, 2024
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1402ER)
lower
Feb 22, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 21, 2024
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (40-0)
senate
Feb 19, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 8, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
upper
Feb 7, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 7, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 6, 2024
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB1402E
lower
Feb 6, 2024
Lower · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
lower
Feb 1, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 30, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 1-N)
lower
Jan 30, 2024
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 23, 2024
Committee
Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Jan 17, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
lower
Jan 17, 2024
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 24104835D
lower
0 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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