Virginia House Bill 1755 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 8 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-08 - Left in Commerce and Labor
Pending: House Commerce and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Step therapy protocols; disclosures. Requires health insurers that limit coverage for prescription drugs through the use of a step therapy protocol to have in place a process for a prescribing provider to request an override of the protocol for a patient. A step therapy protocol is a protocol or program that establishes the specific sequence in which prescription drugs for a specified medical condition are medically appropriate for a particular patient and are covered by a health benefit plan or that conditions coverage of a prescription medication on a patient first trying an alternative medication without success. The measure requires the granting of a step therapy protocol override in certain circumstances. Finally, the measure requires an insurer that offers a health benefit plan that uses a step therapy protocol to provide (i) written notice of a determination that the protocol requires denial of coverage of a provider's selected prescription drug, (ii) an explanation of the basis for such determination, and (iii) notice of the procedures for submitting a request for an override of the restrictions of the step therapy protocol.

Step therapy protocols; disclosures.

Del. Glenn Davis [R]

Del. Patrick Hope [D]

2017-01-24 - House - House: Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (4-Y 6-N) (Y: 4 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-08	House	Left in Commerce and Labor
2017-01-24	House	Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (4-Y 6-N)
2017-01-12	House	Assigned C & L sub: Subcommittee #2
2017-01-08	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2017-01-08	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101997D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
38	2	3407.9:04	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1755
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1755+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+H1402V0007+HB1755