Virginia House Bill 1948 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-10 - Left in Commerce and Labor
Pending: House Commerce and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Prescription drugs; specialty tier coverage. Imposes dollar limits on the practice of prescription drug cost-sharing known as specialty tiers. Enrollees' coinsurance or copayment fees for specialty tier drugs will be limited to $100 per month for up to a 30-day supply of any single specialty tier drug, which limits shall apply regardless of whether a deductible has been satisfied. Patients will also be able to request an exception to obtain a specialty drug that would not otherwise be available on a health benefit plan formulary. The measure prohibits a health benefit plan that provides coverage for prescription drugs from placing all drugs in a given class of drugs on the highest cost tier.

Prescription drugs; specialty tier coverage.

Sen. Jennifer McClellan [D]

Del. Christopher Peace [R]

Del. Roxann Robinson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-10	House	Left in Commerce and Labor
2015-01-29	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2015-01-22	House	Assigned C & L sub: Subcommittee #2
2015-01-13	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2015-01-13	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15102178D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
38	2	3407.14:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	4319	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	4509	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+sum+HB1948
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+HB1948+hil