OR SB1508 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Unknown
Status: Passed on March 25 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-25 - Effective date, January 1, 2025.
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Spectrum: Unknown
Status: Passed on March 25 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-25 - Effective date, January 1, 2025.
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Summary
The Act forbids the HERC from using quality of life to measure the weight to give to a service that may be covered by the state Medicaid program. The Act caps the amount a person must pay for insulin under a health benefit plan to $35. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.9). [Digest: The Act forbids the HERC from using quality of life to measure the weight to give to a service that may be covered by the state Medicaid program. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6).] In determining the ranking of a condition-treatment pair on the prioritized list of health services covered by the medical assistance program, prohibits the Health Evidence Review Commission from relying upon a quality of life in general measure or from relying on any research or analyses that rely upon or refer to a quality of life measure, unless specified conditions are met. Caps cost-sharing required by health benefit plans at $35 for coverage of insulin.
Title
Relating to health care.
Sponsors
| No sponsor information available at this time. |
Roll Calls
2024-02-27 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 53 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2024-02-21 - House - House (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-13 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 27 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-07 - Senate - Senate (Y: 5 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-21 - House - House (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-13 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 27 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-07 - Senate - Senate (Y: 5 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-25 | Senate | Effective date, January 1, 2025. |
| 2024-03-25 | Senate | Chapter 18, 2024 Laws. |
| 2024-03-20 | Senate | Governor signed. |
| 2024-03-04 | House | Speaker signed. |
| 2024-03-01 | Senate | President signed. |
| 2024-02-27 | House | Third reading. Carried by Tran, Javadi. Passed. Ayes, 53; Nays, 1--Reschke; Absent, 1--Scharf; Excused, 1--Boshart Davis; Excused for Business of the House, 4--Bowman, Helm, Owens, Speaker Rayfield. |
| 2024-02-26 | House | Second reading. |
| 2024-02-22 | House | Recommendation: Do pass. |
| 2024-02-21 | House | Public Hearing and Work Session held. |
| 2024-02-14 | House | Referred to Behavioral Health and Health Care. |
| 2024-02-14 | House | First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. |
| 2024-02-13 | Senate | Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. Ayes, 27; Nays, 3--Boquist, Linthicum, Robinson. |
| 2024-02-12 | Senate | Second reading. |
| 2024-02-09 | Senate | Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) |
| 2024-02-07 | Senate | Public Hearing and Work Session held. |
| 2024-02-05 | Senate | Referred to Health Care. |
| 2024-02-05 | Senate | Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. |
