Maryland Senate Bill 895 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on February 15 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-03-20 - Hearing canceled
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Altering the reimbursement levels for drug products that the Maryland Medical Assistance Program is required to establish and that pharmacy benefits managers that contract with a pharmacy on behalf of a managed care organization are required to reimburse the pharmacy; and altering the definition of "purchaser" for purposes of certain provisions of law regulating pharmacy benefits managers to include certain insurers, nonprofit health services plans, and health maintenance organizations.

Pharmacy Benefits Administration - Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Pharmacy Benefits Managers

Sen. Justin Ready [R]

Sen. Katherine Klausmeier [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-20	Senate	Hearing canceled
2023-03-10	Senate	Hearing 3/21 at 1:00 p.m.
2023-03-08	Senate	Rereferred to Finance
2023-02-15	Senate	First Reading Senate Rules

SB895 (Carry Over) 2023-03-20 - Hearing canceled
HB382 (Crossfiled) 2023-04-24 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 217

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Health - General	15	118	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Insurance	15	1601	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Insurance	15	1632	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0895?ys=2023RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0895f.pdf