Florida 2020 Regular Session Status: In Committee

SB 116 — Prescription Insulin Drugs

Last action — Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2020 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Prescription Insulin Drugs; Defining the term “prescription insulin drug”; requiring individual and group health insurance policies, respectively, to cap an insured’s monthly cost-sharing obligation for covered prescription insulin drugs at a specified amount; requiring health benefit plans covering small employers to comply with such requirement; requiring health maintenance contracts to cap a subscriber’s monthly cost-sharing obligation for covered prescription insulin drugs at a specified amount, etc.

Bill Text

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Florida Senate - 2020 SB 116 By Senator Cruz 18-00074-20 2020116__ A bill to be entitled An act relating to prescription insulin drugs;
Florida Senate - 2020 CS for SB 116 By the Committee on Banking and Insurance;
and Senators Cruz, Stewart, Berman, and Taddeo 597-02279-20 2020116c1 A bill to be entitled An act relating to prescription insulin drugs;
627.6699, F.S.;
requiring health benefit plans covering small employers to comply with such requirement;
amending s.
18 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
20 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
20 Section 1. Section 627.64085, Florida Statutes, is created to read:
22 Section 1. Section 627.64085, Florida Statutes, is created to read:
Section 3. Subsection (48) is added to section 641.31, Florida Statutes, to read:
Section 3. Paragraph (g) is added to subsection (5) of section 627.6699, Florida Statutes, to read:
627.6699 Employee Health Care Access Act.— (5) AVAILABILITY OF COVERAGE.— (g) A health benefit plan covering small employers which is issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2021, must comply with s.
627.65746.
Section 4. Subsection (48) is added to section 641.31, Florida Statutes, to read:
Section 4. This act shall take effect January 1, 2021.
Section 5. This act shall take effect January 1, 2021.
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Action History

  1. Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government

  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration

  3. CS by Banking and Insurance read 1st time

  4. Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government

  5. Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

  6. CS by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 8 NAYS 0

  7. Introduced

  8. On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 01/15/20, 10:30 am, 412 Knott Building

  9. On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 12/10/19, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed

  10. Referred to Banking and Insurance; Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Appropriations

  11. Filed

Sponsors

  • Cruz · Primary

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 163 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Cruz

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (163)

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 116 do?
Prescription Insulin Drugs; Defining the term “prescription insulin drug”; requiring individual and group health insurance policies, respectively, to cap an insured’s monthly cost-sharing obligation for covered prescription insulin drugs at a specified amount; requiring health benefit plans covering small employers to comply with such requirement; requiring health maintenance contracts to cap a subscriber’s monthly cost-sharing obligation for covered prescription insulin drugs at a specified amount, etc.
Who sponsors SB 116?
SB 116 is sponsored by Cruz.
What is the current status of SB 116?
This bill died with 2020 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 116?
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