Virginia House Bill 1450 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 16 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-03-16 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0615)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Pharmacy freedom of choice. Provides that if a pharmacy has provided notice through an intermediary of its agreement to accept reimbursements at rates applicable to preferred providers, the insurer or its intermediary may elect to respond directly to the pharmacy instead of the intermediary. The measure does not require a carrier to contract with a pharmacy's intermediary and does not prohibit an insurer or its intermediary from contracting with or disclosing confidential information to a pharmacy's intermediary.

Health insurer/health maintenance organization; response to notice from pharmacy's intermediary.

Del. Lee Ware [R]

2017-02-16 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) (Y: 39 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-15 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-13 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (13-Y 1-N) (Y: 13 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-23 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-17 - House - House: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (20-Y 0-N) (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-16		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0615)
2017-03-16		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 615 (effective 7/1/17)
2017-02-21		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
2017-02-21	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
2017-02-21	Senate	Signed by President
2017-02-20	House	Signed by Speaker
2017-02-20	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1450ER)
2017-02-20	House	Enrolled
2017-02-16	Senate	Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N)
2017-02-16	Senate	Read third time
2017-02-15	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2017-02-13	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor (13-Y 1-N)
2017-01-24	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2017-01-24	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2017-01-23	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
2017-01-23	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2017-01-20	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1450H1
2017-01-20	House	Committee substitute agreed to 17103648D-H1
2017-01-20	House	Read second time
2017-01-19	House	Read first time
2017-01-17	House	Committee substitute printed 17103648D-H1
2017-01-17	House	Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (20-Y 0-N)
2016-12-02	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2016-12-02	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101939D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
38	2	3407.7	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	4312.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1450
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1450+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1450H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1450ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0615+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+H14V0035+HB1450
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+HV1504+HB1450
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+S02V0077+HB1450
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+SV0554HB1450+HB1450
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+SV0607HB1450+HB1450