AN ACT RELATING TO INSURANCE -- PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFITS
Summary
Includes any costs paid by an enrollee or on behalf of the enrollee by a third party when calculating an enrollee’s overall contribution to any out-of-pocket maximum or cost sharing requirement under a health plan as of January 1, 2026.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 26, 2025
Last action May 7, 2025
Floor votes · Senate May 6, 2025
How they voted
33–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 36
May 6, 2025
D
Democratic32
90% Yea
R
Republican4
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
2
Committee
3
May 7, 2025
Committee
05/07/2025 Referred to House Health & Human Services
lower
May 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
05/06/2025 Senate read and passed
upper
May 1, 2025
Legislature · Passed
05/01/2025 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Mar 11, 2025
Committee
03/11/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Feb 26, 2025
Introduced
02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services
upper
10 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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