HB 66 Virginia House of Delegates · 2020 Regular Session

Health insurance; cost-sharing payments for prescription insulin drugs.

Summary
Health insurance; cost-sharing payments for prescription insulin drugs. Prohibits health insurance companies and other carriers from setting an amount exceeding $30 per 30-day supply that a covered person is required to pay at the point of sale in order to receive a covered prescription insulin drug. The measure also prohibits a provider contract between a carrier or its pharmacy benefits manager and a pharmacy from containing a provision (i) authorizing the carrier's pharmacy benefits manager or the pharmacy to charge, (ii) requiring the pharmacy to collect, or (iii) requiring a covered person to make a cost-sharing payment for a covered prescription insulin drug in an amount that exceeds such limitation. This bill incorporates HB 1403.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2019
Committee Review
Mar 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Mar 2020
Signed into Law
Apr 2020
Introduced Dec 5, 2019 Signed Apr 8, 2020
Floor votes

How they voted

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

Actions timeline

Total actions
34
Key actions
10
Committee
9
Amendments
3
Apr 8, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 881 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Mar 5, 2020
Introduced
Senate amendment agreed to by House (88-Y 4-N)
lower
Mar 5, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with amendment (24-Y 16-N)
upper
Mar 5, 2020
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Mar 5, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
upper
Mar 5, 2020
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Mar 2, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (9-Y 6-N)
upper
Feb 4, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
upper
Feb 3, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (98-Y 1-N)
lower
Jan 31, 2020
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB66H1
lower
Jan 31, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20107156D-H1
lower
Jan 31, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed by temporarily
lower
Jan 28, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (17-Y 1-N)
lower
Jan 16, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 2-N)
lower
Jan 14, 2020
Committee
Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Dec 5, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
lower
Dec 5, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100840D
lower
1 primary · 40 co-sponsors

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