MD HB876 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-6)
Status: Engrossed on March 18 2024 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-03-18 - Referred Finance
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Status: Engrossed on March 18 2024 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-03-18 - Referred Finance
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Summary
Prohibiting certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from excluding coverage for certain specialty drugs that are administered or dispensed by a provider that meets certain criteria; and requiring the reimbursement rate for certain specialty drugs to be the same as the rate applied to a designated specialty pharmacy for dispensing the covered specialty drugs and billed at a nonhospital level of care or place of service.
Title
Health Insurance - Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Specialty Drugs
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2024-03-18 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 136 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 2) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-18 | Senate | Referred Finance |
| 2024-03-18 | House | Third Reading Passed (136-0) |
| 2024-03-16 | House | Second Reading Passed with Amendments |
| 2024-03-16 | House | Favorable with Amendments {273327/1 Adopted |
| 2024-03-16 | House | Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations |
| 2024-02-09 | House | Hearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m. |
| 2024-02-02 | House | First Reading Health and Government Operations |
Same As/Similar To
SB526 (Crossfiled) 2024-01-24 - Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
Subjects
Drugs
Health
Health - Insurance
Health Insurance
Health Maintenance Organizations
Health Occupations
Medical Conditions
Medical Treatments
Nonprofit Organizations
Pharmacy Benefits Managers
Physicians
Reimbursement Rates
Health
Health - Insurance
Health Insurance
Health Maintenance Organizations
Health Occupations
Medical Conditions
Medical Treatments
Nonprofit Organizations
Pharmacy Benefits Managers
Physicians
Reimbursement Rates
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insurance | 15 | 1611.1 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| Insurance | 15 | 1612 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
