SB 492 (2018) -  Provision of Pharmaceutical Services

General Bill by Garcia
Provision of Pharmaceutical Services: Prohibiting certain health insurance policies and health maintenance contracts from requiring insureds and subscribers to obtain certain prescription drugs exclusively from mail order pharmacies for the treatment of specified chronic illnesses; requiring certain health maintenance organizations to include specified disclosures in their outlines of coverage regarding such prescription drugs, etc.
Effective Date: 01/01/2019
Last Event: 03/10/18 S Died in Appropriations on Saturday, March 10, 2018 12:00 AM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Banking and Insurance
    • On agenda for: 01/16/18 4:00 PM
    • Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 10   Nays 1
  • Health Policy
    • On agenda for: 01/30/18 10:00 AM
    • Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 8   Nays 0
  • Appropriations

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: CS/HB 289 Subject: Provision of Pharmaceutical Services Relationship: Similar

Bill Text

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Health Policy 1/30/2018 1:31:12 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Health Policy 1/29/2018 10:13:17 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Banking and Insurance 1/16/2018 6:28:23 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Banking and Insurance 1/12/2018 3:48:46 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Appropriations Time: 03/10/2018 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: __
Event: S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration Time: 03/10/2018 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Now in Appropriations -SJ 226 Time: 01/30/2018 - 1:48 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: __
Event: S Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 226 Time: 01/30/2018 - 11:44 AM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 01/30/18, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building Time: 01/25/2018 - 5:22 PM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: __
Event: S Now in Health Policy -SJ 161 Time: 01/17/2018 - 8:58 AM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: __
Event: S Favorable by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 10 NAYS 1 -SJ 161 Time: 01/16/2018 - 6:14 PM Member: Committee: Banking and Insurance Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 01/16/18, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building Time: 01/11/2018 - 4:14 PM Member: Committee: Banking and Insurance Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 39 Time: 01/09/2018 - 8:00 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Banking and Insurance; Health Policy; Appropriations -SJ 40 Time: 10/26/2017 - 2:47 PM Member: Committee: Banking and Insurance Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 10/11/2017 - 9:46 AM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
627.6442 CS/HB 289
627.6572 CS/HB 289, CS/CS/HB 351, CS/CS/CS/SB 1494
641.31 HB 229, CS/HB 289, SB 360, HB 537, SB 552, CS/CS/HB 597, CS/CS/SB 622, SB 924, HB 1273, SB 1718, SB 1792