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HB 708 — Pharmacy Benefit Prompt Pay Act; revise various provisions of.
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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 10, 2020. Enacted.
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What changed in the latest version
10 added · 10 removedPlain-language change summary
The updated version of HB 708 now includes provisions requiring the Board of Pharmacy to destroy or delete certain information within thirty days if it's no longer needed, and sets penalties for anyone who knowingly releases that information. Additionally, all Board employees with access to this information must undergo fingerprinting and criminal background checks. This change is significant because it enhances privacy and accountability regarding sensitive pharmacy-related information. The bill also clarifies that patients cannot be forced to use specific pharmacies by their benefit managers, helping to protect patient choice in healthcare.
HB 708 (As PassedSent theto House)Governor) - 2020 Regular Session MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE Regular Session To:
Representatives Mims, Creekmore IV, Scoggin, Bain, Hobgood-Wilkes, Brown (20th), Arnold, Anthony House Bill 708 (As PassedSent theto House)Governor) AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 73-21-153, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF THE TERM "HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN" AND DEFINE THE TERM "PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGER AFFILIATE" FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE PHARMACY BENEFIT PROMPT PAY ACT;
(2) The board may impose a monetary penalty on a pharmacy benefit manager or a pharmacy benefit manager affiliate for noncompliance with the provisions of the Sections 73-21-151 through 73-21-163, in amounts of not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per violation and not more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) per violation.violation. Each day a violation continues for the same brand or generic product identifier or brand or generic code number is a separate violation. The board shall prepare a record entered upon its minutes that states the basic facts upon which the monetary penalty was imposed. Any penalty collected under this subsection (2) shall be deposited into the special fund of the board.
Each day(3) The board may assess a violationmonetary continuespenalty for those reasonable costs that are expended by the sameboard brandin the investigation and conduct of a proceeding if the board imposes a monetary penalty under subsection (2) of this section. A monetary penalty assessed and levied under this section shall be paid to the board by the licensee, registrant or genericpermit productholder identifierupon the expiration of the period allowed for appeal of those penalties under Section 73-21-101, or brandmay be paid sooner if the licensee, registrant or genericpermit codeholder numberelects. isAny apenalty separatecollected violation.by the board under this subsection (3) shall be deposited into the special fund of the board.
The board shall prepare a record entered upon its minutes that states the basic facts upon which the monetary penalty was imposed.
Any penalty collected under this subsection (2) shall be deposited into the special fund of the board.
(3) The board may assess a monetary penalty for those reasonable costs that are expended by the board in the investigation and conduct of a proceeding if the board imposes a monetary penalty under subsection (2) of this section. A monetary penalty assessed and levied under this section shall be paid to the board by the licensee, registrant or permit holder upon the expiration of the period allowed for appeal of those penalties under Section 73-21-101, or may be paid sooner if the licensee, registrant or permit holder elects. Any penalty collected by the board under this subsection (3) shall be deposited to into the special fund of the board.
SECTION 9. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after JulyJanuary 1, 2020.2021.
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Amendments
3 amendments- Amendment Report for House Bill No. 708 Show changes
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Action History
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Referred To Public Health and Human Services
Sponsors
- V Sam C. Mims · Primary
- Donnie Scoggin · Cosponsor
- Bain · Cosponsor
- William Tracy Arnold · Cosponsor
- Otis Anthony · Cosponsor
- Bo Brown · Cosponsor
- Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes · Cosponsor
- Sam Creekmore IV · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 7 co-sponsors · 167 not signed on · 1 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Sam C. Mims, V Republican
Co-sponsors (7)
- Donnie Scoggin Republican
- Bain
- William Tracy Arnold Republican
- Otis Anthony Democrat
- Bo Brown Democrat
- Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes Republican
- Sam Creekmore IV Republican
Not signed on (167)
167 members have not signed on to this bill.
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Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 52 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Unaffiliated | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 116 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| % of votes cast | 97% | 1% | 0% | 3% |
How each member voted (120)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Anderson (122nd) | — | Yea |
| Anderson (110th) | — | Yea |
| Bain | — | Yea |
| Barnett | — | Yea |
| Beckett | — | Yea |
| Bell (65th) | — | Yea |
| Bell (21st) | — | Yea |
| Blackmon | — | Yea |
| Busby | — | Yea |
| Clarke | — | Yea |
| Criswell | — | Yea |
| Darnell | — | Yea |
| Dortch | — | Yea |
| Ford (73rd) | — | Yea |
| Ford (54th) | — | Yea |
| Gibbs (72nd) | — | Yea |
| Gibbs (36th) | — | Yea |
| Goodin | — | Yea |
| Holloway | — | Yea |
| Hopkins | — | Yea |
| Huddleston | — | Yea |
| Hudson | — | Yea |
| Jackson | — | Yea |
| Johnson | — | Yea |
| Lancaster | — | Yea |
| McLeod | — | Yea |
| Miles | — | Yea |
| Paden | — | Yea |
| Patterson | — | Yea |
| Reynolds | — | Yea |
| Straughter | — | Yea |
| Taylor | — | Yea |
| Thompson | — | Yea |
| Walker | — | Yea |
| Weathersby | — | Yea |
| Williams-Barnes | — | Yea |
| Williamson | — | Yea |
| Young | — | Yea |
| Mr. Speaker | — | Yea |
| Bomgar | — | Nay |
| Bo Brown | Democrat | Yea |
| Bo Brown | Democrat | Yea |
| Bob Evans | Democrat | Yea |
| Bob Evans | Democrat | Yea |
| Bryant W. Clark | Democrat | Yea |
| Carl Mickens | Democrat | Yea |
| Cedric Burnett | Democrat | Yea |
| Daryl Porter | Democrat | Yea |
| Earle S. Banks | Democrat | Yea |
| Hester Jackson McCray | Democrat | Yea |
| Jeffery Harness | Democrat | Yea |
| John G. Faulkner | Democrat | Yea |
| John W. Hines, Sr. | Democrat | Yea |
| Kabir Karriem | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Omeria Scott | Democrat | Yea |
| Oscar Denton | Democrat | Yea |
| Otis Anthony | Democrat | Yea |
| Percy W. Watson | Democrat | Yea |
| Ronnie C. Crudup | Democrat | Yea |
| Solomon C. Osborne | Democrat | Yea |
| Stephanie Foster | Democrat | Yea |
| Tracey T. Rosebud | Democrat | Yea |
| Willie Bailey | Democrat | Yea |
| Zakiya Summers | Democrat | Yea |
| Angela Cockerham | Independent | Yea |
| Shanda Yates | Independent | Yea |
| Becky Currie | Republican | Yea |
| Bill Kinkade | Republican | Yea |
| Bill Pigott | Republican | Yea |
| Billy Adam Calvert | Republican | Yea |
| Brent Powell | Republican | Yea |
| C. Scott Bounds | Republican | Yea |
| Carolyn Crawford | Republican | Yea |
| Casey Eure | Republican | Yea |
| Clay Deweese | Republican | Yea |
| Dan Eubanks | Republican | Yea |
| Dana McLean | Republican | Yea |
| Donnie Scoggin | Republican | Yea |
| Fred Shanks | Republican | Yea |
| Gene Newman | Republican | Yea |
| Greg Haney | Republican | Yea |
| Henry Zuber III | Republican | Yea |
| Jansen Owen | Republican | Yea |
| Jason White | Republican | Yea |
| Jay McKnight | Republican | Yea |
| Jeff Hale | Republican | Yea |
| Jeffrey S. Guice | Republican | Yea |
| Jerry R. Turner | Republican | Yea |
| Jody Steverson | Republican | Yea |
| Joey Hood | Republican | Yea |
| John Read | Republican | Yea |
| John Thomas "Trey" Lamar, III | Republican | Yea |
| Karl Oliver | Republican | Yea |
| Kathy L. Chism | Republican | Not Voting |
| Ken Morgan | Republican | Yea |
| Kent McCarty | Republican | Yea |
| Kevin Felsher | Republican | Yea |
| Kevin Horan | Republican | Yea |
| Larry Byrd | Republican | Yea |
| Lee Yancey | Republican | Not Voting |
| Lester Carpenter | Republican | Yea |
| Manly Barton | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Tullos | Republican | Yea |
| Missy McGee | Republican | Yea |
| Noah Sanford | Republican | Yea |
| Price Wallace | Republican | Yea |
| Randy P. Boyd | Republican | Yea |
| Randy Rushing | Republican | Yea |
| Richard Bennett | Republican | Yea |
| Rob Roberson | Republican | Yea |
| Sam C. Mims, V | Republican | Yea |
| Sam Creekmore IV | Republican | Yea |
| Shane Aguirre | Republican | Yea |
| Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes | Republican | Yea |
| Stephen A. Horne | Republican | Yea |
| Steve Massengill | Republican | Yea |
| Timmy Ladner | Republican | Yea |
| Troy Smith | Republican | Yea |
| Vince Mangold | Republican | Yea |
| William Tracy Arnold | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Republican | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Democrat | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 49 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| % of votes cast | 94% | 0% | 0% | 6% |
How each member voted (52)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Barnett | — | Yea |
| Blackmon | — | Yea |
| Branning | — | Yea |
| Caughman | — | Yea |
| Doty | — | Yea |
| Horhn | — | Yea |
| Jackson G. (15th) | — | Yea |
| Jackson R. (11th) | — | Yea |
| Jackson S. (32nd) | — | Yea |
| Johnson | — | Yea |
| Jordan | — | Yea |
| Moran | — | Yea |
| Parker | — | Yea |
| Polk | — | Yea |
| Simmons D. T. (12th) | — | Yea |
| Simmons S. (13th) | — | Yea |
| Thompson | — | Yea |
| Turner-Ford | — | Yea |
| Witherspoon | — | Yea |
| McDaniel | — | Not Voting |
| Sojourner | — | Not Voting |
| Albert Butler | Democrat | Yea |
| David Blount | Democrat | Yea |
| Hillman Terome Frazier | Democrat | Yea |
| Hob Bryan | Democrat | Yea |
| Joseph Thomas | Democrat | Yea |
| Sollie B. Norwood | Democrat | Yea |
| Angela Burks Hill | Republican | Not Voting |
| Benjamin Suber | Republican | Yea |
| Brice Wiggins | Republican | Yea |
| Briggs Hopson | Republican | Yea |
| Chad McMahan | Republican | Yea |
| Chuck Younger | Republican | Yea |
| Daniel H. Sparks | Republican | Yea |
| Dean Kirby | Republican | Yea |
| Dennis DeBar, Jr. | Republican | Yea |
| J. Walter Michel | Republican | Yea |
| Jeff Tate | Republican | Yea |
| Jeremy England | Republican | Yea |
| Joel R. Carter, Jr. | Republican | Yea |
| Joey Fillingane | Republican | Yea |
| Joseph M. Seymour | Republican | Yea |
| Josh Harkins | Republican | Yea |
| Kathy L. Chism | Republican | Yea |
| Kevin Blackwell | Republican | Yea |
| Lydia Graves Chassaniol | Republican | Yea |
| Michael McLendon | Republican | Yea |
| Neil S. Whaley | Republican | Yea |
| Randy P. Boyd | Republican | Yea |
| Rita Potts Parks | Republican | Yea |
| Scott DeLano | Republican | Yea |
| Tyler McCaughn | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 38 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Democrat | 21 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 115 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| % of votes cast | 95% | 2% | 0% | 2% |
How each member voted (121)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Anderson (122nd) | — | Yea |
| Anderson (110th) | — | Yea |
| Andrews | — | Yea |
| Bain | — | Yea |
| Beckett | — | Yea |
| Bell (65th) | — | Yea |
| Bell (21st) | — | Yea |
| Blackmon | — | Yea |
| Busby | — | Yea |
| Clarke | — | Yea |
| Criswell | — | Yea |
| Darnell | — | Yea |
| Dortch | — | Yea |
| Ford (73rd) | — | Yea |
| Ford (54th) | — | Yea |
| Gibbs (72nd) | — | Yea |
| Gibbs (36th) | — | Yea |
| Goodin | — | Yea |
| Holloway | — | Yea |
| Hopkins | — | Yea |
| Huddleston | — | Yea |
| Hudson | — | Yea |
| Jackson | — | Yea |
| Johnson | — | Yea |
| Lancaster | — | Yea |
| McLeod | — | Yea |
| Miles | — | Yea |
| Paden | — | Yea |
| Patterson | — | Yea |
| Reynolds | — | Yea |
| Straughter | — | Yea |
| Taylor | — | Yea |
| Thompson | — | Yea |
| Walker | — | Yea |
| Weathersby | — | Yea |
| Williamson | — | Yea |
| Young | — | Yea |
| Mr. Speaker | — | Yea |
| Bomgar | — | Nay |
| Williams-Barnes | — | Nay |
| Barnett | — | Not Voting |
| Bo Brown | Democrat | Yea |
| Bo Brown | Democrat | Yea |
| Bob Evans | Democrat | Yea |
| Bob Evans | Democrat | Yea |
| Bryant W. Clark | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Carl Mickens | Democrat | Yea |
| Cedric Burnett | Democrat | Yea |
| Daryl Porter | Democrat | Yea |
| Earle S. Banks | Democrat | Yea |
| Hester Jackson McCray | Democrat | Yea |
| Jeffery Harness | Democrat | Yea |
| John G. Faulkner | Democrat | Yea |
| John W. Hines, Sr. | Democrat | Yea |
| Kabir Karriem | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Omeria Scott | Democrat | Nay |
| Oscar Denton | Democrat | Yea |
| Otis Anthony | Democrat | Yea |
| Percy W. Watson | Democrat | Yea |
| Ronnie C. Crudup | Democrat | Yea |
| Solomon C. Osborne | Democrat | Yea |
| Stephanie Foster | Democrat | Yea |
| Tracey T. Rosebud | Democrat | Yea |
| Willie Bailey | Democrat | Yea |
| Zakiya Summers | Democrat | Yea |
| Angela Cockerham | Independent | Yea |
| Shanda Yates | Independent | Yea |
| Becky Currie | Republican | Yea |
| Bill Kinkade | Republican | Yea |
| Bill Pigott | Republican | Yea |
| Billy Adam Calvert | Republican | Yea |
| Brent Powell | Republican | Yea |
| C. Scott Bounds | Republican | Yea |
| Carolyn Crawford | Republican | Yea |
| Casey Eure | Republican | Yea |
| Clay Deweese | Republican | Yea |
| Dan Eubanks | Republican | Yea |
| Dana McLean | Republican | Yea |
| Donnie Scoggin | Republican | Yea |
| Fred Shanks | Republican | Yea |
| Gene Newman | Republican | Yea |
| Greg Haney | Republican | Yea |
| Henry Zuber III | Republican | Yea |
| Jansen Owen | Republican | Yea |
| Jason White | Republican | Yea |
| Jay McKnight | Republican | Yea |
| Jeff Hale | Republican | Yea |
| Jeffrey S. Guice | Republican | Yea |
| Jerry R. Turner | Republican | Yea |
| Jody Steverson | Republican | Yea |
| Joey Hood | Republican | Yea |
| John Read | Republican | Yea |
| John Thomas "Trey" Lamar, III | Republican | Yea |
| Karl Oliver | Republican | Yea |
| Kathy L. Chism | Republican | Yea |
| Ken Morgan | Republican | Yea |
| Kent McCarty | Republican | Yea |
| Kevin Felsher | Republican | Yea |
| Kevin Horan | Republican | Yea |
| Larry Byrd | Republican | Yea |
| Lee Yancey | Republican | Yea |
| Lester Carpenter | Republican | Yea |
| Manly Barton | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Tullos | Republican | Yea |
| Missy McGee | Republican | Yea |
| Noah Sanford | Republican | Yea |
| Price Wallace | Republican | Yea |
| Randy P. Boyd | Republican | Yea |
| Randy Rushing | Republican | Yea |
| Richard Bennett | Republican | Yea |
| Rob Roberson | Republican | Yea |
| Sam C. Mims, V | Republican | Yea |
| Sam Creekmore IV | Republican | Yea |
| Shane Aguirre | Republican | Yea |
| Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes | Republican | Yea |
| Stephen A. Horne | Republican | Yea |
| Steve Massengill | Republican | Yea |
| Timmy Ladner | Republican | Yea |
| Troy Smith | Republican | Yea |
| Vince Mangold | Republican | Yea |
| William Tracy Arnold | Republican | Yea |
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Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors HB 708?
- HB 708 is sponsored by Sam C. Mims, V (Republican), Donnie Scoggin (Republican), Bain, William Tracy Arnold (Republican), Otis Anthony (Democrat), Bo Brown (Democrat), Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes (Republican), and Sam Creekmore IV (Republican).
- What is the current status of HB 708?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 10, 2020. Enacted.
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