MD HB876 | 2024 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-6)
Status: Engrossed on March 18 2024 - 50% progression
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.

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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

DateChamberAction
2024-03-18SenateReferred Finance
2024-03-18HouseThird Reading Passed (136-0)
2024-03-16HouseSecond Reading Passed with Amendments
2024-03-16HouseFavorable with Amendments {273327/1 Adopted
2024-03-16HouseFavorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
2024-02-09HouseHearing 2/29 at 1:00 p.m.
2024-02-02HouseFirst Reading Health and Government Operations

Same As/Similar To

SB526 (Crossfiled) 2024-01-24 - Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
Insurance151611.1(n/a)See Bill Text
Insurance151612(n/a)See Bill Text

Maryland State Sources


Bill Comments

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