Indiana Senate Bill 181 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-01-03 - First reading: referred to Committee on Insurance and Financial Institutions
Pending: Senate Insurance & Financial Institutions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Coverage for pharmacist care. Requires an accident and sickness insurer that enters into a preferred provider agreement to: (1) reimburse for health care service provided by a pharmacist within the scope of practice to the same extent and in the same manner as the insurer would reimburse certain other health care providers (reimbursement); and (2) demonstrate an adequate number of pharmacists within a reasonable proximity to insureds. Requires a preferred provider agreement to provide for the reimbursement.

Coverage for pharmacist care. Requires an accident and sickness insurer that enters into a preferred provider agreement to: (1) reimburse for health care service provided by a pharmacist within the scope of practice to the same extent and in the same manner as the insurer would reimburse certain other health care providers (reimbursement); and (2) demonstrate an adequate number of pharmacists within a reasonable proximity to insureds. Requires a preferred provider agreement to provide for the reimbursement.

Sen. Ronald Grooms [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-03	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Insurance and Financial Institutions
2018-01-03	Senate	Authored by Senator Grooms

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/senate/181/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/5/e/5/a5e50aa5/SB0181.01.INTR.pdf