Bill Title: Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Provides that no medical provider shall be reimbursed for a supply of prescriptions filled outside of a licensed pharmacy except when there exists no licensed pharmacy within 5 miles of the prescribing physician's practice. Provides that, if there exists no licensed pharmacy within 5 miles of the prescribing physician's practice, no medical provider shall be reimbursed for a prescription, the supply of which lasts for longer than 72 hours from the date of injury or 24 hours from the date of first referral to the medical service provider, whichever is greater, filled and dispensed outside of a licensed pharmacy. Provides that the limitations on filling and dispensing prescriptions do not apply if there exists a pre-arranged agreement between the medical provider and a preferred provider program regarding the filling of prescriptions outside a licensed pharmacy.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB2892 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Barbara Wheeler [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-064	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jehan Gordon-Booth [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-092	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jay Hoffman [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-113	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Juliana Stratton [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-005	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Sue Scherer [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-096	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jeanne Ives [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-042	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Reginald Phillips [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-110	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Grant Wehrli [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-041	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Sheri Jesiel [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-061	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Margo McDermed [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-037	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Allen Skillicorn [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-066	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative William Davis [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-030	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Sam Yingling [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-062	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Arthur Turner [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-009	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Deborah Conroy [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-046	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Will Guzzardi [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-039	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Monica Bristow [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-111	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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