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2018 Regular Session

House Bill 426

No Gag Rule on Pharmacists Act; create.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on January 30, 2018. The 2018 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE "NO GAG RULE ON PHARMACISTS ACT"; TO STATE LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND DECLARATIONS; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS; TO PROHIBIT HEALTH INSURERS AND PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGERS FROM REQUIRING CONTRACTS WITH PHARMACISTS TO INCLUDE PROVISIONS THAT PENALIZE PHARMACISTS FOR DISCLOSING PRESCRIPTION DRUG COST INFORMATION, INCLUDING THE AVAILABILITY OF MORE AFFORDABLE ALTERNATIVE MEDICATIONS, TO CUSTOMERS; TO REQUIRE THE COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE TO ENFORCE THE ACT AND UPON REQUEST, TO CAUSE INSURANCE CONTRACTS TO BE AUDITED; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

Its course

January 5 to January 30, 2018, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 5 to Jan 30 · stopped25 days

Public Health and Human ServicesJan 5 to Jan 30 · stopped25 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 5 – Jan 30

  1. Referred to the House committees on Public Health and Human Services and on Insurance
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published