HB 2223 Virginia House of Delegates · 2019 Regular Session

Pharmacies; delivery of prescription drugs, pharmacy benefits managers.

Summary
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.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2019 Last action Feb 6, 2019
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House of Delegates by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
12
Key actions
3
Committee
7
Feb 6, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 5, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (53-Y 46-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2223H1
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19106247D-H1
lower
Jan 24, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
lower
Jan 24, 2019
Committee
Referred from Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote
lower
Jan 16, 2019
Committee
Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Jan 8, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
lower
Jan 8, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103343D
lower
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors

Sponsors