VA SB535 | 2010 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 11 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-03-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0157)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 11 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-03-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0157)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Summary
Pharmacy benefits; freedom of choice. Authorizes accident and sickness insurers proposing to issue preferred provider policies or contracts, health maintenance organizations, corporations providing preferred provider subscription contracts, and health care plans for state employees to select a single mail order pharmacy provider as an exclusive provider of pharmacy services that are delivered to the covered person's address by mail, common carrier, or delivery service.
Title
Mail order pharmacy; insurer not limited to a single provider for services.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2010-02-23 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 101 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2010-02-18 - House - House: Reported from Commerce and Labor (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2010-02-08 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 33 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2010-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2010-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2010-02-18 - House - House: Reported from Commerce and Labor (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2010-02-08 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 33 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2010-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2010-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2010-03-11 | Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0157) | |
| 2010-03-11 | Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 157 (effective 7/1/10) | |
| 2010-03-02 | Senate: Signed by President | |
| 2010-03-01 | House: Signed by Speaker | |
| 2010-03-01 | Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB535ER) | |
| 2010-03-01 | Senate: Enrolled | |
| 2010-02-23 | House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) | |
| 2010-02-23 | House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) | |
| 2010-02-23 | House: Read third time | |
| 2010-02-22 | House: Read second time | |
| 2010-02-18 | House: Reported from Commerce and Labor (22-Y 0-N) | |
| 2010-02-16 | House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor | |
| 2010-02-16 | House: Read first time | |
| 2010-02-16 | House: Placed on Calendar | |
| 2010-02-08 | Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) | |
| 2010-02-04 | Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB535S1 | |
| 2010-02-04 | Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 10104512D-S1 | |
| 2010-02-04 | Senate: Reading of substitute waived | |
| 2010-02-04 | Senate: Read second time | |
| 2010-02-03 | Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) | |
| 2010-02-01 | Senate: Committee substitute printed 10104512D-S1 | |
| 2010-02-01 | Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) | |
| 2010-01-13 | Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor | |
| 2010-01-13 | Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10103894D |
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 2818 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 38 | 2 | 3407.7 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 38 | 2 | 4209.1 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 38 | 2 | 4312.1 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
