Virginia House Bill 2223 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 4 2019 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-02-14 - Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health with letter (11-Y 4-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Pharmacies; delivery of prescription drugs; pharmacy benefits managers. Requires health every carrier, as applicable, to administer its health benefit plans in a manner consistent with, or include in contracts for pharmacy benefits management, criteria and provisions that (i) permit a covered individual to fill any mail order-covered prescription, at the covered individual's option, at any mail order pharmacy or network participating retail community pharmacy if the network participating retail community pharmacy agrees to accept a price that is comparable to that of the mail order pharmacy, calculated to reflect all drug manufacturer's rebates, direct and indirect administrative fees, costs and any remuneration; (ii) prohibit a pharmacy benefits manager (PBM) or carrier from imposing a differential copayment, additional fee, or other condition on any covered individual who elects to fill his prescription at an in-network retail community pharmacy that is not similarly imposed on covered individuals electing to fill a prescription from a mail order pharmacy; and (iii) require the PBM to use the same benchmark index to reimburse all pharmacies participating in the health benefit plan regardless of whether a pharmacy is a mail order pharmacy or a retail community pharmacy. The measure applies with respect to contracts entered into, amended, extended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2020.

Pharmacies; delivery of prescription drugs, pharmacy benefits managers.

Del. Israel O'Quinn [R]

Del. Chris Jones [R]

Del. Jason Miyares [R]

Sen. Todd Pillion [R]

2019-02-14 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health with letter (11-Y 4-N) (Y: 11 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-05 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (53-Y 46-N) (Y: 53 N: 46 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-31 - House - House: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (11-Y 8-N) (Y: 11 N: 8 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-14	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health with letter (11-Y 4-N)
2019-02-06	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2019-02-06	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2019-02-05	House	VOTE: PASSAGE (53-Y 46-N)
2019-02-05	House	Read third time and passed House (53-Y 46-N)
2019-02-04	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2223H1
2019-02-04	House	Committee substitute agreed to 19106247D-H1
2019-02-04	House	Read second time
2019-02-03	House	Read first time
2019-01-31	House	Committee substitute printed 19106247D-H1
2019-01-31	House	Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (11-Y 8-N)
2019-01-24	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2019-01-24	House	Referred from Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote
2019-01-16	House	Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1
2019-01-08	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2019-01-08	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103343D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
38	2	3407.15:5	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	3420.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2223
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2223+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2223H1+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H14V0060+HB2223
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+HV2472+HB2223
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S04V0298+HB2223