Indiana Senate Bill 503

---

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Introduced on January 14 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-06 - Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations
Pending: Senate Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [PDF]

Pharmacy benefit administration. Requires the attorney general to designate or appoint a pharmacy benefit compliance officer if certain prescription drug benefit public-private partnership contracts are entered into by the state. Establishes the pharmacy benefit compliance fund. Authorizes: (1) the state personnel department, for purposes of the state employee health plan; and (2) the office of the secretary of family and social services (office), for purposes of the Medicaid program; to issue a request for proposal to enter into a public-private partnership to administer prescription drug benefits. Sets forth certain requirements for a request for proposal and establishes the competitive proposal procedure. Allows the budget committee to review a contract before the state personnel department or the office awards a final contract for the public-private partnership. Requires that, if the state personnel department or the office enter into a contract for the public-private partnership, the attorney general conduct a state employee health plan audit or a Medicaid audit at least three years after the implementation of the contract. Makes an appropriation.

Pharmacy benefit administration.

Sen. Andy Zay [R]	Sen. Ed Charbonneau [R]	Sen. Mike Bohacek [R]	Sen. Gary Byrne [R]
Sen. Blake Doriot [R]	Sen. Tyler Johnson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-06	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations
2025-01-16	Senate	Senator Johnson T added as coauthor
2025-01-16	Senate	Senator Doriot added as coauthor
2025-01-16	Senate	Senator Byrne added as coauthor
2025-01-16	Senate	Senator Bohacek added as coauthor
2025-01-14	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services
2025-01-14	Senate	Authored by Senators Zay and Charbonneau

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/senate/503/details
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0503/SB0503.01.INTR.pdf
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0503/SB0503.02.COMS.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0503/committee-amendments/drafts/AM050302.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0503/committee-amendments/drafts/AM050301.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0503/committee-amendments/drafts/AM050303.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0503/committee-amendments/amendments/SB0503.01.INTR.AMS03.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0503/fiscal-notes/SB0503.01.INTR.FN001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0503/votesheets/SB0503.01.INTR.00.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0503/committee-reports/SB0503.01.INTR.CRS001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0503/fiscal-notes/SB0503.02.COMS.FN001.pdf