Indiana 2025 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 5 R · 3 D cosponsors

SB 140 — Pharmacy benefits.

Last action — Signed by the Governor

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 08, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Mike Braun (Republican) on May 06, 2025.

Odds of enactment

High chance

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 78% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 9 sponsors

    4 primary, 5 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (5 R · 3 D) — cross-party backing.

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Summary

Requires an insurer, a pharmacy benefit manager, or any other administrator of pharmacy benefits to ensure that a network utilized by the insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, or other administrator is reasonably adequate and accessible and file an annual report regarding the network with the commissioner of the department of insurance (commissioner). Sets forth certain limitations and requirements with respect to the provision of pharmacy or pharmacist services under a health plan. Allows any insured, pharmacy, or pharmacist impacted by an alleged violation to file a complaint with the commissioner. Provides that the commissioner may order reimbursement to any person who has incurred a monetary loss as a result of a violation. Requires, if a pharmacy benefit manger is used with regard to a state employee health plan, the state personnel department to either create a pharmacy benefit manager or contract with an insurer, a pharmacy benefit manager, or other administrator. Prohibits a third party administrator from: (1) requiring, as a condition of a plan sponsor entering into a contract with the third party administrator, that the plan sponsor enter into a contract with a particular pharmacy benefit manager; or (2) charging a different fee for services provided by the third party administrator to a plan sponsor based on the plan sponsor's selection of a particular pharmacy benefit manager. Urges the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the task of studying the topic of contracts for pharmacy benefit coverage under the Medicaid program and a state employee health plan.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor

  2. Public Law 189

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate

  4. Signed by the Speaker

  5. CCR # 1 filed in the House

  6. CCR # 1 filed in the Senate

  7. Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 560: yeas 84, nays 1

  8. Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 523: yeas 39, nays 10

  9. Signed by the President Pro Tempore

  10. Senate advisors appointed: Jackson L, Johnson T and Zay

  11. Senate conferees appointed: Charbonneau and Ford J.D.

  12. Senate dissented from House amendments

  13. Motion to dissent filed

  14. House advisors appointed: Lehman, Carbaugh, Barrett, Dant Chesser and Shackleford

  15. Returned to the Senate with amendments

  16. House conferees appointed: McGuire and Campbell

  17. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 446: yeas 95, nays 0

  18. Amendment #3 (Lehman) prevailed; voice vote

  19. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

  20. Amendment #1 (Carbaugh) prevailed; voice vote

  21. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  22. Representative Campbell added as cosponsor

  23. Representative Shackleford added as cosponsor

  24. First reading: referred to Committee on Insurance

  25. Referred to the House

  26. Senator Becker added as coauthor

  27. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 175: yeas 47, nays 2

  28. House sponsor: Representative McGuire

  29. Amendment #13 (Charbonneau) prevailed; voice vote

  30. Reread second time: amended, ordered engrossed

  31. Amendment #8 (Johnson T) prevailed; voice vote

  32. Second reading: ordered engrossed

  33. Placed back on second reading

  34. Senator Byrne added as coauthor

  35. Senator Randolph added as coauthor

  36. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  37. Senator Zay added as third author

  38. Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations

  39. Senator Johnson T added as second author

  40. Authored by Senator Charbonneau

  41. First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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4 sponsors · 5 co-sponsors · 141 not signed on

Sponsors (4)

Co-sponsors (5)

Not signed on (141)

141 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 140 do?
Requires an insurer, a pharmacy benefit manager, or any other administrator of pharmacy benefits to ensure that a network utilized by the insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, or other administrator is reasonably adequate and accessible and file an annual report regarding the network with the commissioner of the department of insurance (commissioner). Sets forth certain limitations and requirements with respect to the provision of pharmacy or pharmacist services under a health plan. Allows any insured, pharmacy, or pharmacist impacted by an alleged violation to file a complaint with the commissioner. Provides that the commissioner may order reimbursement to any person who has incurred a monetary loss as a result of a violation. Requires, if a pharmacy benefit manger is used with regard to a state employee health plan, the state personnel department to either create a pharmacy benefit manager or contract with an insurer, a pharmacy benefit manager, or other administrator. Prohibits a third party administrator from: (1) requiring, as a condition of a plan sponsor entering into a contract with the third party administrator, that the plan sponsor enter into a contract with a particular pharmacy benefit manager; or (2) charging a different fee for services provided by the third party administrator to a plan sponsor based on the plan sponsor's selection of a particular pharmacy benefit manager. Urges the legislative council to assign to the appropriate study committee the task of studying the topic of contracts for pharmacy benefit coverage under the Medicaid program and a state employee health plan.
Who sponsors SB 140?
SB 140 is sponsored by Robin Shackleford (Democrat), Chris Campbell (Democrat), Julie McGuire (Republican), Vaneta Becker (Republican), Gary Byrne (Republican), Lonnie Randolph (Democrat), Andy Zay, Tyler Johnson (Republican), and Ed Charbonneau (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 140?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 08, 2025. Enacted.
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