Maryland Senate Bill 898 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-3)
Status: Passed on May 25 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-05-25 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 767
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Requiring specified insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to allow and apply a prorated daily copayment or coinsurance amount for a partial supply of a prescription drug dispensed by an in-network pharmacy under specified circumstances; prohibiting a specified insurer, nonprofit health service plan, and health maintenance organization from denying payment of benefits to an in-network pharmacy for a covered prescription drug solely on a specified basis; etc.

Health Insurance - Prescription Drugs - Dispensing Synchronization

Sen. John Astle [D]	Sen. J.B. Jennings [R]	Sen. Katherine Klausmeier [D]	Sen. Jim Mathias [D]
Sen. Joanne Benson [D]	Sen. Brian Feldman [D]	Sen. Stephen Hershey [R]	Sen. Thomas Middleton [D]
Sen. Nathaniel Oaks [D]	Sen. Edward Reilly [R]	Sen. Jim Rosapepe [D]

2017-04-01 - House - House Floor - Third Reading Passed (138-0) (Y: 138 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2017-03-22 - Senate - Senate Floor - Third Reading Passed (47-0) (Y: 47 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-05-25	Senate	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 767
2017-04-10	Senate	Returned Passed
2017-04-08	House	Third Reading Passed (138-0)
2017-04-06	House	Second Reading Passed
2017-04-06	House	Favorable Report Adopted
2017-04-06	House	Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations
2017-04-04	House	Rereferred to Health and Government Operations
2017-03-24	House	First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
2017-03-24	Senate	Third Reading Passed (47-0)
2017-03-23	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2017-03-23	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {617075/1 Report Adopted
2017-03-23	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
2017-03-09	Senate	Hearing 3/09 at 1:00 p.m.
2017-02-03	Senate	First Reading Finance

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0898?ys=2017rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/sb/sb0898f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/sb/sb0898t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/Chapters_noln/CH_767_sb0898t.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/amds/bil_0008/sb0898_61707501.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/fnotes/bil_0008/sb0898.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/votes_comm/sb0898_fin.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/votes_comm/sb0898_hgo.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=sb0898,s-0797&stab=02&ys=2017RS
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=flrvotepage&tab=subject3&id=sb0898,h-1316&stab=02&ys=2017RS