Delaware House Bill 284 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-2)
Status: Passed on May 25 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-05-25 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

This bill requires pharmacy benefit managers who employ “maximum allowable cost,” or “MAC” pricing for multi-sourced drugs to follow set standards in composing and updating the list, to provide information on MAC and how it is determined to pharmacies in their networks, and to create an appeal process for a participating pharmacy who believes the MAC has been set in error. This bill will encourage more efficient operation of the prescription drug market by setting ground rules and encouraging transparency, resulting in savings to consumers and protecting pharmacies who are small businesses. Similar laws have been passed in at least 11 states. These new rules surrounding MAC pricing will be subchapter II of Chapter 33A, which was added to the code last year to address pharmacy audits conducted by pharmacy benefit managers. A conforming change is made so that the definition of pharmacy benefit manager is consistent across both subchapters.

An Act To Amend Title 18 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Pharmacy Benefit Managers.

Rep. Bryon Short [D]	Sen. Margaret Henry [D]	Rep. Ronald Gray [R]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]
Rep. John Kowalko [D]	Rep. Charles Potter [D]	Sen. Catherine Cloutier [R]

2016-05-19 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 19 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-05-25	House	Signed by Governor
2016-05-19	Senate	Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 19 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2016-05-18	Senate	Reported Out of Committee (HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
2016-05-05	Senate	Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate
2016-05-05	House	Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 38 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 3 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2016-05-05	House	Amendment HA 2 - Passed in House by Voice Vote
2016-05-05	House	Amendment HA 1 - Stricken
2016-04-21	House	Amendment HA 2 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2016-04-14	House	Amendment HA 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2016-03-16	House	Reported Out of Committee (ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT/BANKING/INSURANCE/COMMERCE) in House with 8 On Its Merits
2016-03-10	House	Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/766b4d4fd8b3370e85257f3900694af1?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+284/$file/legis.html?open
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/EngrossmentsforLookup/HB+284/$file/Engross.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/3503cb44ea444ce085257fb80066579c?OpenDocument