Maryland Senate Bill 615 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 29 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-01-31 - Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibiting a pharmacy benefits manager from engaging in any practice that bases certain reimbursement for a prescription drug on patient outcomes, scores, or metrics under certain circumstances; prohibiting a pharmacy benefits manager from engaging in the practice of spread pricing; prohibiting a pharmacy benefits manager from denying any pharmacy a certain right; prohibiting a pharmacy benefits manager from taking more than 30 days to review the application of a pharmacy or pharmacist to participate in a certain policy or contract; etc.

Pharmacy Benefits Managers - Prohibited Actions

Sen. Justin Ready [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-31	Senate	Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
2021-01-29	Senate	First Reading Finance

HB819 (Crossfiled) 2021-02-02 - Hearing 2/10 at 1:30 p.m.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Health - General	15	102.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Insurance	15	1601	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Insurance	15	1611	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Insurance	15	1611.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0615?ys=2021RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0615f.pdf