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2016 SESSION
SB 442 Health benefit plans; prescription drugs; tiers.
Introduced by: Rosalyn R. Dance | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Health benefit plans; prescription drugs; tiers. Prohibits a health carrier offering a health benefit plan that provides coverage for prescription drugs from implementing a formulary that places a prescription drug on the highest cost-sharing tier unless at least one prescription drug that is in the same therapeutic class and is a medically appropriate alternative treatment for a given disease or condition is available at a lower cost-sharing tier under the formulary.
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HISTORY
- 01/12/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16102529D
- 01/12/16 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/08/16 Senate: Continued to 2017 in Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N)