Prescription Drug Coverage
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SB 1338 — Prescription Drug Coverage
Last action — Died in Appropriations
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✓Introduced
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2In Committee
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3Passed Senate
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4Passed House
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis.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 Drug Coverage; Authorizing the Office of Insurance Regulation to examine pharmacy benefit managers; requiring health insurers and health maintenance organizations, or pharmacy benefit managers on behalf of health insurers and health maintenance organizations, to annually report specified information to the office; specifying requirements relating to brand-name and generic drugs in contracts between pharmacy benefit managers and pharmacies or pharmacy services administration organizations, etc.
Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
7 added · 6 removed7 line(s) added, 6 removed.
Florida Senate - 2020 CS for SB 1338 By Senatorthe WrightCommittee 14-01655-20on 20201338__Banking Aand billInsurance; to be entitled An act relating to prescription drug coverage;
and Senators Wright and Harrell 597-02766-20 20201338c1 A bill to be entitled An act relating to prescription drug coverage;
624.491,624.492, F.S.;
Section 3. Section 624.491,624.492, Florida Statutes, is created to read:
624.491 Health624.492 Health insurer, health maintenance organization, and pharmacy benefit manager reporting requirements.— (1) This section applies to:
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Action History
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Died in Appropriations
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Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
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Now in Appropriations
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Subcommittee Recommendation: CS/CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
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On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, 02/25/20, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
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CS by Banking and Insurance read 1st time
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Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
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Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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CS by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
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On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 01/28/20, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
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On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 01/21/20, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building --Not Considered
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Introduced
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Referred to Banking and Insurance; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations
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Filed
Sponsors
- Tom A. Wright · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 163 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Wright, Tom A. Republican
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (163)
163 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 163 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (10)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Book | — | Yea |
| Diaz | — | Yea |
| Farmer | — | Yea |
| Flores | — | Yea |
| Rader | — | Yea |
| Bean | — | Yea |
| Rouson, Darryl Ervin | Democrat | Yea |
| Harrell, Gayle | Republican | Yea |
| Hooper, Ed | Republican | Yea |
| Passidomo, Kathleen | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Democrat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| % of votes cast | 75% | 0% | 0% | 25% |
How each member voted (8)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Brandes | — | Yea |
| Lee | — | Yea |
| Taddeo | — | Yea |
| Thurston | — | Yea |
| Broxson | — | Yea |
| Perry | — | Not Voting |
| Rouson, Darryl Ervin | Democrat | Yea |
| Gruters, Joe | Republican | Not Voting |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does SB 1338 do?
- Prescription Drug Coverage; Authorizing the Office of Insurance Regulation to examine pharmacy benefit managers; requiring health insurers and health maintenance organizations, or pharmacy benefit managers on behalf of health insurers and health maintenance organizations, to annually report specified information to the office; specifying requirements relating to brand-name and generic drugs in contracts between pharmacy benefit managers and pharmacies or pharmacy services administration organizations, etc.
- Who sponsors SB 1338?
- SB 1338 is sponsored by Wright, Tom A. (Republican).
- What is the current status of SB 1338?
- 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 1338?
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