Health insurance; pharmacy benefits managers, definition of "covered entity."
Summary
Health insurance; pharmacy benefits managers; definition of covered entity. Removes hospitals, as defined in existing law, from the exemption to the definition of covered entity for the purposes of existing law relating to pharmacy benefits managers. This bill is identical to SB 1311.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 8, 2025
Signed Mar 24, 2025
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MINOR
This bill converts HB 2392 from an enrolled bill to a chaptered act, making it officially law. The substantive content of the definitions section for pharmacy benefits managers remains unchanged, with only formatting adjustments for the final publication.
TECHNICAL
Formatting and layout changes to convert the bill from enrolled status to chaptered law, including adding chapter number, approval date, and adjusting line spacing for publication.
Floor votes · Senate Feb 13, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 4, 2025
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 13, 2025
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
28
Key actions
11
Committee
6
Mar 24, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 413 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive
Feb 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2392ER)
lower
Feb 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 5, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
upper
Feb 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed House (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 21, 2025
Committee
Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Jan 8, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mark Sickles
DDemocratic
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