SB 1846 (2021) -  Health Insurance Prior Authorization

General Bill by Polsky
Health Insurance Prior Authorization: Requiring health insurers and pharmacy benefit managers to establish an online electronic prior authorization process by a certain date; requiring all prior authorization requests to health insurers and pharmacy benefit managers to be made using such online electronic prior authorization process by a certain date; deleting provisions requiring prior authorization forms to be approved by the Financial Services Commission under certain circumstances; specifying requirements for, and restrictions on, health insurers and pharmacy benefit managers relating to prior authorization information, requirements, restrictions, and changes; prohibiting health insurers and health maintenance organizations, respectively, from imposing an additional prior authorization requirement with respect to certain surgical or invasive procedures or certain items, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2021
Last Event: 04/30/21 S Died in Banking and Insurance on Friday, April 30, 2021 2:40 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Banking and Insurance
  • Health Policy
  • Rules

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: HB 1439 Subject: Prior Authorization for Prescription Drugs and Medical Services Relationship: Similar
Bill #: SB 528 Subject: Health Insurance Prior Authorization Relationship: Compare

Bill Text

Staff Analysis

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Vote History

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Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Banking and Insurance Time: 04/30/2021 - 2:40 PM Member: Committee: Banking and Insurance Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 206 Time: 03/10/2021 - 11:56 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Banking and Insurance; Health Policy; Rules -SJ 206 Time: 03/04/2021 - 4:44 PM Member: Committee: Banking and Insurance Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 02/26/2021 - 1:48 PM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
627.42392 SB 528, HB 1439
627.6131 SB 528, HB 851, HB 1109, CS/HB 1155*, CS/CS/HB 1189*, SB 1386, SB 1388, HB 1439, CS/CS/SB 1530*
641.3156 SB 528, HB 1439

(*) Not the latest version