Virginia House Bill 1659 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 17 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-02-04 - Incorporated by Labor and Commerce
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Health insurance; carrier contracts with pharmacy benefits managers. Prohibits a health insurance carrier from entering into, amending, renewing, or extending a contract with a pharmacy benefits manager unless such contract contains provisions prohibiting the pharmacy benefits manager or his representative from reimbursing a pharmacy or pharmacist an amount less than the amount that the pharmacy benefits manager reimburses a pharmacy benefits manager affiliate for providing the same pharmacist services, calculated on a per-unit basis using the same product identifier or code number and reflecting all drug manufacturer's rebates, direct and indirect administrative fees, and costs and any remuneration. The bill applies to contracts entered into, amended, renewed, or extended on and after July 1, 2021.

Health insurance; carrier contracts with pharmacy benefits managers.

Sen. Chris Head [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-04	House	Incorporated by Labor and Commerce
2020-01-30	House	Subcommittee recommends incorporating (HB1290-Hodges) by voice vote
2020-01-21	House	Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2
2020-01-17	House	Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
2020-01-17	House	Presented and ordered printed 20103662D

HB1290 (Similar To) 2020-03-10 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0219)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
38	2	3407.15:5	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1659
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1659+hil