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]

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.

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Title

Provides for continued coverage for health care for certain chronic health conditions. (BDR 57-627)

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History

DateChamberAction
2019-04-13Senate(Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.1, no further action allowed.)
2019-03-20SenateFrom printer. To committee.
2019-03-19SenateRead first time. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To printer.

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