Virginia Senate Bill 251 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: Passed on May 21 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-05-21 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1288)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Pharmacy benefits managers; licensure and regulation. Provides that no person is authorized to provide pharmacy benefits management services or otherwise act as a pharmacy benefits manager without first obtaining a license from the State Corporation Commission. The measure prohibits a carrier on its own or through its contracted pharmacy benefits manager or representative of a pharmacy benefits manager from (i) causing or knowingly permitting the use of any advertisement, promotion, solicitation, representation, proposal, or offer that is untrue; (ii) charging a pharmacist or pharmacy a fee related to the adjudication of a claim other than a reasonable fee for an initial claim submission; (iii) reimbursing a pharmacy or pharmacist an amount less than the amount that the pharmacy benefits manager reimburses a pharmacy benefits manager affiliate for providing the same pharmacist services, calculated on a per-unit basis using the same generic product identifier or generic code number and reflecting all drug manufacturer's rebates, direct and indirect administrative fees, and costs and any remuneration; or (iv) penalizing or retaliating against a pharmacist or pharmacy for exercising rights provided by this measure. The measure also prohibits a carrier from (a) imposing provider accreditation standards or certification requirements inconsistent with, more stringent than, or in addition to requirements of the Virginia Board of Pharmacy or other state or federal entity; (b) including any mail order pharmacy or pharmacy benefits manager affiliate in calculating or determining network adequacy; or (c) conducting spread pricing in the Commonwealth. The measure also imposes recordkeeping and reporting requirements. The bill has a delayed effective date of October 1, 2020.

Pharmacy benefits managers; licensure and regulation.

Sen. John Edwards [D]

Sen. Todd Pillion [R]

Sen. Benton Chafin [R]

Sen. Siobhan Dunnavant [R]

2020-04-22 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation rejected (35-Y 3-N) (Y: 35 N: 3 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-04-22 - Senate - Senate: Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N) (Y: 19 N: 21 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2020-04-22 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation agreed to (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-04-22 - Senate - Senate: Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N) (Y: 19 N: 21 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2020-02-25 - Senate - Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (38-Y 2-N) (Y: 38 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-21 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-18 - House - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendments (20-Y 0-N) (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (33-Y 7-N) (Y: 33 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-29 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-27 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-05-21		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1288)
2020-05-21		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 1288 (effective - see bill)
2020-04-22		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 22, 2020
2020-04-22	Senate	Communicated to Governor
2020-04-22	Senate	Second reconsideration requires unanimous consent
2020-04-22	Senate	Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation rejected (35-Y 3-N)
2020-04-22	Senate	Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N)
2020-04-22	Senate	Passed by temporarily
2020-04-22	Senate	Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation agreed to (40-Y 0-N)
2020-04-22	Senate	Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N)
2020-04-11	Senate	Governor's recommendation received by Senate
2020-03-12		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-12	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
2020-03-03	Senate	Signed by President
2020-03-02	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-03-02	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB251ER)
2020-03-02	Senate	Enrolled
2020-02-25	Senate	House amendments agreed to by Senate (38-Y 2-N)
2020-02-21	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
2020-02-21	House	Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
2020-02-21	House	Engrossed by House as amended
2020-02-21	House	Committee amendments agreed to
2020-02-21	House	Read third time
2020-02-20	House	Read second time
2020-02-18	House	Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendments (20-Y 0-N)
2020-02-18	House	Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
2020-02-18	House	Read first time
2020-02-18	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-02-04	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (33-Y 7-N)
2020-02-03	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB251S1
2020-02-03	Senate	Amendments by Senator Hanger rejected
2020-02-03	Senate	Reading of amendments waived
2020-02-03	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 20105876D-S1
2020-02-03	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2020-02-03	Senate	Read second time
2020-01-31	Senate	Passed by for the day
2020-01-30	Senate	Passed by for the day
2020-01-29	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-01-27	Senate	Committee substitute printed 20105876D-S1
2020-01-27	Senate	Incorporates SB862 (Pillion)
2020-01-27	Senate	Incorporates SB252 (Edwards)
2020-01-27	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (9-Y 6-N)
2020-01-15	Senate	Assigned C&L sub: Health Insurance
2020-01-02	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2020-01-02	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101086D

HB1290 (Same As) 2020-03-10 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0219)
SB252 (Same As) 2020-01-27 - Incorporated by Commerce and Labor
SB862 (Same As) 2020-01-27 - Incorporated by Commerce and Labor

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
38	2	3465	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	3466	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	3467	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB251
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB251+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB251S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB251ES1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB251ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1288+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S02V0054+SB0251
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0232SB0251+SB0251
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0303SB0251+SB0251
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H14V0284+SB0251
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1184+SB0251
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0944SB0251+SB0251
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1969SB0251+SB0251
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1990SB0251+SB0251
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV2003SB0251+SB0251
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV2047SB0251+SB0251