Virginia House Bill 1177 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Passed on March 9 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-03-09 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0245)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Pharmacists and pharmacy practices. Provides that no provider contract between a health carrier or its pharmacy benefits manager and a pharmacy or its contracting agent shall contain a provision (i) authorizing the carrier or its pharmacy benefits manager to charge, (ii) requiring the pharmacy or pharmacist to collect, or (iii) requiring an enrollee to make, a copayment for a covered prescription drug in an amount that exceeds the least of the applicable copayment for the prescription drug that would be payable in the absence of this section or the cash price the enrollee would pay for the prescription drug if the enrollee purchased the prescription drug without using the enrollee's health plan. The measure requires provider contracts between a health carrier or its pharmacy benefits manager and a pharmacy or its contracting agent to contain specific provisions that allow a pharmacy to (a) disclose to an enrollee information relating to the provisions of this section and the availability of a more affordable therapeutically equivalent prescription drug; (b) sell a more affordable therapeutically equivalent prescription drug to an enrollee if one is available; and (c) offer and provide direct and limited delivery services to an enrollee as an ancillary service of the pharmacy. The measure applies to provider contracts entered into, amended, extended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2019. This bill is identical to SB 933.

Health insurance; contracts with pharmacies and pharmacists, etc.

Sen. Todd Pillion [R]	Del. Terry Kilgore [R]	Del. Kathy Byron [R]	Del. Keith Hodges [R]
Del. Israel O'Quinn [R]	Del. Margaret Ransone [R]

2018-02-22 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-21 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-19 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (11-Y 0-N) (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-07 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-01 - House - House: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (19-Y 0-N) (Y: 19 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-03-09		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0245)
2018-03-09		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 245 (effective 7/1/18)
2018-03-02		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 9, 2018
2018-03-02	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2018
2018-02-28	Senate	Signed by President
2018-02-26	House	Signed by Speaker
2018-02-26	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1177ER)
2018-02-26	House	Enrolled
2018-02-22	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2018-02-22	Senate	Read third time
2018-02-21	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2018-02-19	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor (11-Y 0-N)
2018-02-08	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2018-02-08	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2018-02-07	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
2018-02-07	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
2018-02-06	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1177H1
2018-02-06	House	Committee substitute agreed to 18106486D-H1
2018-02-06	House	Read second time
2018-02-05	House	Read first time
2018-02-01	House	Committee substitute printed 18106486D-H1
2018-02-01	House	Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (19-Y 0-N)
2018-01-18	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2018-01-18	House	Referred from Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote
2018-01-10	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2018-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104095D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
38	2	3461	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	3466	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB1177
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB1177+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB1177H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB1177ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0245+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H14V0041+HB1177
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+HV0403+HB1177
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+S02V0147+HB1177
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+SV0596HB1177+HB1177
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+SV0620HB1177+HB1177