Maryland House Bill 374 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-6)
Status: Passed on May 3 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-03 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 355
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Requiring the Secretary of Health to adopt regulations for pharmacy benefits managers that contract with managed care organizations that establish requirements for conducting audits of pharmacies or pharmacists; establishing requirements and prohibitions regarding audits by certain pharmacy benefits managers, including provisions related to audit limits, acceptance of certain documents as proof, recoupment of funds or charging of fees for prescriptions of unbreakable package sizes, and access to financial documentation; etc.

Health Insurance – Pharmacy Benefits Managers – Audits of Pharmacies and Pharmacists

Del. Nicholaus Kipke [R]	Del. Tiffany Alston [D]	Del. Heather Bagnall [D]	Del. Harry Bhandari [D]
Del. Brian Chisholm [R]	Del. Bonnie Cullison [D]	Del. Pam Guzzone [D]	Del. Terri Hill [D]
Del. Tom Hutchinson [R]	Del. Steve Johnson [D]	Del. Anne Kaiser [D]	Del. Ken Kerr [D]
Del. Robbyn Lewis [D]	Del. Lesley Lopez [D]	Del. Ashanti Martinez [D]	Del. Matt Morgan [R]
Del. Joseline Pena-Melnyk [D]	Del. Teresa Reilly [R]	Del. Samuel Rosenberg [D]	Del. Kathy Szeliga [R]
Del. Deni Taveras [D]	Del. Jennifer White Holland [D]	Del. Jamila Woods [D]

2023-04-10 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 139 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-04-04 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 47 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-03-20 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 135 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 4) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-03	House	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 355
2023-04-10	House	Passed Enrolled
2023-04-10	House	Third Reading Passed (139-0)
2023-04-10	House	House Concurs Senate Amendments
2023-04-10	Senate	Senate Refuses Recede
2023-04-10	Senate	House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Cullison, Hill and M. Morgan)
2023-04-10	Senate	House Requests Senate Recede
2023-04-10	Senate	House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
2023-04-07	House	Delegates Cullison, Hill, and M. Morgan
2023-04-07	House	House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Cullison, Hill and M. Morgan)
2023-04-07	House	House Requests Senate Recede
2023-04-07	House	House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
2023-04-07	House	Senate Refuses Recede
2023-04-07	Senate	Senate Refuses Recede
2023-04-07	Senate	House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Cullison, Hill and M. Morgan)
2023-04-07	Senate	House Requests Senate Recede
2023-04-07	Senate	House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
2023-04-05	House	House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Cullison, Hill and M. Morgan)
2023-04-05	House	House Requests Senate Recede
2023-04-05	House	House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
2023-04-04	Senate	Third Reading Passed (47-0)
2023-04-03	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2023-04-03	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {553227/1 Adopted
2023-04-03	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
2023-03-21	Senate	Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
2023-03-20	Senate	Referred Finance
2023-03-20	House	Third Reading Passed (135-0)
2023-03-17	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2023-03-17	House	Favorable with Amendments {213128/1 Adopted
2023-03-17	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
2023-01-26	House	Hearing 3/02 at 1:00 p.m.
2023-01-26	House	First Reading Health and Government Operations

SB565 (Crossfiled) 2023-03-20 - Hearing canceled

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Health - General	15	103	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Insurance	15	1629	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0374?ys=2023RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0374f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0374t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/hb/hb0374e.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_355_hb0374e.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/amds/bil_0004/hb0374_21312801.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/amds/bil_0004/hb0374_55322701.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes_comm/hb0374_hgo.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes_comm/hb0374_fin.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes/House/0646.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes/House/1349.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/votes/Senate/0882.pdf