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2008 SESSION

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SB 403 Pharmacy benefits; claims and payments submitted electronically.

Introduced by: Phillip P. Puckett | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

Ethics and fairness in carrier business practices; payment of claims for pharmacy benefits. Requires contracts between a health insurance carrier and its administrator of pharmacy benefits to make payments electronically to the participating provider or its designee if the contract with the provider requires claims to be submitted electronically. The measure applies to contracts entered into, amended, extended or renewed on or after January 1, 2009.

FULL TEXT

• 01/08/08  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 086944300  pdf | impact statement
• 01/29/08  Senate: Committee substitute printed 080158300-S1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/20/08  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB403ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/04/08  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0104)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/08/08  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 086944300
• 01/08/08  Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
• 01/28/08  Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
• 01/29/08  Senate: Committee substitute printed 080158300-S1
• 01/30/08  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 01/31/08  Senate: Read second time
• 01/31/08  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 01/31/08  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 080158300-S1
• 01/31/08  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB403S1
• 02/01/08  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/01/08  Senate: Communicated to House
• 02/12/08  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/12/08  House: Read first time
• 02/12/08  House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
• 02/14/08  House: Reported from Commerce and Labor (21-Y 0-N)
• 02/18/08  House: Read second time
• 02/19/08  House: Read third time
• 02/19/08  House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
• 02/19/08  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
• 02/20/08  Senate: Enrolled
• 02/20/08  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB403ER)
• 02/20/08  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/22/08  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/02/08  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 104 (effective 7/1/08)
• 03/04/08  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0104)