Indiana Senate Bill 262 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on March 25 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-03-25 - Signed by the Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Allows a pharmacist to substitute an interchangeable biosimilar product for a prescribed biological product if certain conditions are met. Requires a pharmacist to record in a certain manner the name and manufacturer of a biologic product that the pharmacist is dispensing not later than ten days after dispensing the biologic product. Requires the board of pharmacy to maintain a link on the board's website to the current list of all biological products that are determined by the United States Food and Drug Administration to be interchangeable with a specific reference biological product. Allows the board of pharmacy to adopt rules. Provides that a written or electronic prescription for a biological product must comply with the existing prescription form requirements. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the health finance commission.)

Biosimilar drugs.

Sen. Brandt Hershman [R]	Sen. Ronald Grooms [R]	Sen. Jean Breaux [D]	Rep. Mara Reardon [D]
Rep. Steven Davisson [R]	Rep. Robin Shackleford [D]

2014-02-25 - House - House Floor - (Y: 92 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2014-02-19 - House - House Committee on Public Health - Roll Call 026202 (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2014-01-28 - Senate - Senate Floor - (Y: 38 N: 11 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2014-01-27 - Senate - Senate Floor - (Y: 10 N: 37 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [FAIL]
2014-01-22 - Senate - Senate Committee on Health and Provider Services - Roll Call 026201 (Y: 8 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-03-25	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2014-03-25	Senate	Public Law 96
2014-03-10	Senate	Signed by the Speaker
2014-03-05	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2014-02-25	House	Returned to the Senate without amendments
2014-02-25	House	Third reading: Passed: Roll Call 279: yeas 92 and nays 5
2014-02-24	House	Second reading: engrossed.
2014-02-24	House	SB 262 Amendment #1 (Austin) motion withdrawn.
2014-02-24	House	SB 262 Amendment #2 (Austin) motion withdrawn.
2014-02-20	House	Committee report: do pass, adopted.
2014-02-11	House	Representative Shackleford added as cosponsor.
2014-02-10	House	First Reading: Referred to Public Health
2014-01-28	Senate	Representative Candelaria Reardon added as cosponsor.
2014-01-28	Senate	Representative Davisson added as cosponsor.
2014-01-28	Senate	Representative Clere added as sponsor.
2014-01-28	Senate	Referred to the House
2014-01-28	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 76: yeas 38 and nays 11
2014-01-27	Senate	SB 262 Amendment #1 (Boots), failed.
2014-01-27	Senate	Second reading: engrossed
2014-01-23	Senate	Senator Breaux added as coauthor.
2014-01-23	Senate	Committee report: do pass amend, adopted.
2014-01-16	Senate	Senator Grooms added as second author.
2014-01-13	Senate	First Reading: Referred to Health and Provider Services
2014-01-13	Senate	Authored by Senator Hershman.

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2014/bills/senate/262/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/5/8/9/958922c6/SB0262.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/e/1/2/ee1292d4/SB0262.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/2/3/c/c23cbed1/SB0262.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/b/b/7/6bb7a712/SB0262.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/7/7/3/f773d3eb/SB0262.03.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/2/b/2/82b2f5e8/SB0262.03.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/3/b/f/b3bf9b4c/SB0262.04.ENRS.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/e/9/1/8e91b8e8/SB0262.01.INTR.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/9/7/b/397b8a5f/SB0262.02.COMS.76.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/2/6/7/72675a55/SB0262.02.COMS.47.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/8/e/d/48ed3476/SB0262.02.COMS.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/c/8/e/3c8ef7a6/SB0262.03.COMH.279.pdf