NV SB359 | 2019 | 80th Legislature
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Introduced on March 19 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-04-13 - (Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on March 19 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-04-13 - (Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
AN ACT relating to coverage for health care; requiring an insurer under a policy of health insurance to continue coverage for a procedure, device, medication or other treatment for a chronic condition of an insured under certain circumstances; requiring a provider of health care to examine an insured before altering certain previously approved prescriptions; requiring a provider of health care to cooperate in a timely manner with pharmacists, insurers and pharmacy benefit managers with regard to certain coverage for an insured; limiting the frequency of prescription drug formulary changes; requiring that initial notice to an insured be sent not less than 60 days before a formulary change with a follow-up notice sent not less than 30 days before the formulary change; authorizing the imposition of a civil penalty for certain insurers and pharmacy benefit managers that violate the requirements concerning continued coverage; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Title
Provides for continued coverage for health care for certain chronic health conditions. (BDR 57-627)
Sponsors
Sen. Keith Pickard [R] | Sen. Joseph Hardy [R] | Rep. Al Kramer [R] | Sen. James Settelmeyer [R] |
Rep. Christopher Edwards [R] | Rep. John Ellison [R] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2019-04-13 | Senate | (Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.) |
2019-03-20 | Senate | From printer. To committee. |
2019-03-19 | Senate | Read first time. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To printer. |
Nevada State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6652/Overview |
Text | https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/SB/SB359.pdf |