Mississippi House Bill 426 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)
Status: Failed on January 30 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-01-30 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create The "no Gag Rule On Pharmacists Act"; To State Legislative Findings And Declarations; To Define Certain Terms; To Prohibit Health Insurers And Pharmacy Benefits Managers From Requiring Contracts With Pharmacists To Include Provisions That Penalize Pharmacists For Disclosing Prescription Drug Cost Information, Including The Availability Of More Affordable Alternative Medications, To Customers; To Require The Commissioner Of Insurance To Enforce The Act And Upon Request, To Cause Insurance Contracts To Be Audited; And For Related Purposes.

No Gag Rule on Pharmacists Act; create.

Rep. Christopher Bell [D]	Rep. Earle Banks [D]	Rep. Cedric Burnett [D]	Rep. Credell Calhoun [D]
Rep. Bryant Clark [D]	Rep. Jarvis Dortch [D]	Rep. John Faulkner [D]	Rep. John Hines [D]
Rep. Gregory Holloway [D]	Rep. Lataisha Jackson [D]	Rep. Kabir Karriem [D]	Rep. Orlando Paden [D]
Rep. Sonya Williams-Barnes [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-30	House	Died In Committee
2018-01-05	House	Referred To Public Health and Human Services;Insurance

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf/history/HB/HB0426.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/0400-0499/HB0426IN.htm