Maryland House Bill 545 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on February 4 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-04-03 - Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations; Withdrawn
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibiting certain carriers from prohibiting an enrollee from selecting, or limiting the ability of an enrollee to select, a pharmacy of the enrollee's choice for the receipt of certain services; prohibiting certain carriers, under certain circumstances, from denying a pharmacy the right to participate as a contract provider under a health benefit plan if certain requirements are met or imposing on an enrollee certain payments, fees, reimbursement amounts, limitations, or conditions for certain services; etc.

Health Insurance - Freedom of Choice of Pharmacy Act

Del. Nicholaus Kipke [R]

Del. Susan Krebs [R]

Del. Matt Morgan [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-04-03	House	Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations; Withdrawn
2019-02-13	House	Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
2019-02-04	House	First Reading Health and Government Operations

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0545?ys=2019rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0545f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/fnotes/bil_0005/hb0545.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes_comm/hb0545_hgo.pdf