EPCS 2.0 Act
Summary
Electronic Prescribing for Controlled Substances Act or the EPCS 2.0 Act This bill generally requires health insurance plans to establish policies requiring in-network providers to transmit prescriptions for controlled substances to pharmacies electronically.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Sep 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Sep 26, 2022
Last action Sep 27, 2022
Floor votes
How they voted
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
3
Key actions
0
Committee
2
Sep 27, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
lower
Sep 26, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
lower
Sep 26, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Tom O’Halleran
DDemocratic
Co
Markwayne Mullin
RRepublican
Co
Steve Cohen
DDemocratic
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