West Virginia 2020 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 R cosponsors

SB 787 — Providing benefits to pharmacists for rendered care

Last action — Chapter 188, Acts, Regular Session, 2020

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House of Delegates
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 14, 2020. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 80% · moderate confidence

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High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 5 sponsors

    1 primary, 4 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

13 added · 144 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendment to Bill SB 787 changes the title to ensure it specifically addresses benefits for pharmacists when they provide care within their professional scope, similar to what other healthcare providers receive. It emphasizes that pharmacists should be reimbursed for their services, signaling a push to recognize their role in patient care more effectively. This is important because it can lead to better healthcare access for patients while also supporting pharmacists in their professional duties.

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SB 787 Text skip navigation SENATE PRESIDENT SENATORS COMMITTEES VIDEO/AUDIO DISTRICT MAPS SENATE CLERK SENATE RULES HOUSE SPEAKER DELEGATES COMMITTEES VIDEO/AUDIO DISTRICT MAPS HOUSE CLERK HOUSE RULES HOUSE STAFF JOINT INTERIM COMMITTEES LEGISLATIVE ADMINISTRATOR LEGISLATIVE SERVICES DIVISION PUBLIC INFORMATION LEGISLATIVE AUTOMATED SYSTEMS DIVISION LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR'S OFFICE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION & RESEARCH DIVISION POST AUDIT DIVISION BUDGET DIVISION REGULATORY AND FISCAL AFFAIRS DIVISION CLAIMS COMMISSION CRIME VICTIMS RULE-MAKING REVIEW SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS JUDICIAL COMP.
SB787 HFIN AMT 3-2 McO The Committee on Finance moves to amend the title of the bill to read as follows:
COMMISSION JOINT RULES STAFF INFO BILL STATUS BILL STATUS BILL TRACKING STATE LAW WEST VIRGINIA CODE ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE CODE OF 1931 WV CONSTITUTION US CONSTITUTION REPORTS AGENCY REPORTS AGENCY GRANT AWARDS PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS POST AUDITS EDUCATIONAL CITIZEN’S GUIDE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM PAGE PROGRAM PUBLICATIONS PHOTO GALLERY CAPITOL HISTORY HOW A BILL BECOMES LAW CONTACT SENATE ROSTER HOUSE ROSTER PUBLIC INFO.
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Red = new code to be enacted WEST virginia legislature regular session Enrolled Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 787 Senators Tarr, Hardesty, Maroney, Stollings, and Plymale, original sponsors [Passed March 7, 2020;
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in effect 90 days form passage]     AN ACT to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §33-53-1, relating to providing benefits to pharmacists for pharmacist care rendered within the pharmacist’s scope of practice if benefits would be provided for such services performed by other health care providers;
787 -- “A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §33-53-1, relating to providing benefits to pharmacists for pharmacist care rendered within the pharmacist’s scope of practice if benefits would be provided for such services performed by other health care providers;
excepting certain health plans, policies, contracts, or agreements from requirements;
excepting certain health plans, policies, contracts or agreements from requirements;
and providing for effective date.
and providing for effective date.”.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
  ADOPTED   REJECTED  
ARTICLE 53.  HEALTH CARE SERVICES PROVIDED BY PHARMACISTS.
§33-53-1.  Services provided by pharmacists.
(a) For health plans, policies, contracts, or agreements issued, amended, adjusted, or renewed on or after January 1, 2021:
(1) Benefits may not be denied for any health care service performed by a pharmacist licensed under §30-5-1 et seq.
of this code if:
(A) The service performed was within the lawful scope of the pharmacist’s license;
(B) The plan would have provided benefits if the service had been performed by another health care provider;
and (C) The pharmacist is included in the plan’s network of participating providers.
(2) The health plan shall include an adequate number of pharmacists in its network of participating health care providers.
(b) The participation of pharmacies in the plan network’s drug benefit does not satisfy the requirement that plans include pharmacists in their network of participating health care providers.
(c) Health benefit plans, policies, contracts, or agreements issued, amended, adjusted, or renewed on or after January 1, 2020, but before January 1, 2021, that delegate credentialing agreements to contracted health care facilities shall accept credentialing for pharmacists employed or contracted by those facilities.  Health plans shall reimburse facilities for covered services provided by network pharmacists within the pharmacists’ scope of practice per negotiations with the facility.
 (d) For purposes of this section, health plans, policies, contracts, or agreements do not include Medicaid or Children's Health Insurance Program health plans, policies, contracts, or agreements that are approved by the Department of Health and Human Resources Bureau of Medical Services.
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Action History

  1. Chapter 188, Acts, Regular Session, 2020

  2. Approved by Governor 3/25/20

  3. To Governor 3/19/20

  4. Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal

  5. Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal

  6. To Governor 3/19/20 - House Journal

  7. To Governor 3/19/20 - Senate Journal

  8. Completed legislative action

  9. Communicated to House

  10. Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 617)

  11. House Message received

  12. Communicated to Senate

  13. Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)

  14. House further considered bill

  15. Passed House (Roll No. 672)

  16. Read 3rd time

  17. On 3rd reading, Special Calendar

  18. Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)

  19. Read 2nd time

  20. On 2nd reading, Special Calendar

  21. Read 1st time

  22. On 1st reading, Special Calendar

  23. With amendment, do pass

  24. To House Finance

  25. Do pass, but first to Finance

  26. To House Health and Human Resources

  27. To Health and Human Resources

  28. Introduced in House

  29. Ordered to House

  30. Passed Senate (Roll No. 242)

  31. Read 3rd time

  32. On 3rd reading

  33. Read 2nd time

  34. On 2nd reading

  35. Read 1st time

  36. On 1st reading

  37. Committee substitute reported

  38. To Health and Human Resources

  39. Introduced in Senate

  40. To Health and Human Resources

  41. Filed for introduction

Sponsors

  • Eric Tarr · Primary
  • Hardesty · Cosponsor
  • Maroney · Cosponsor
  • Stollings · Cosponsor
  • Plymale · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 4 co-sponsors · 147 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (4)

  • Hardesty
  • Maroney
  • Stollings
  • Plymale

Not signed on (147)

147 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

PASSAGE

Passed 97 Yea · 1 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 24001
Unaffiliated 68101
Democrat 5000
Total 97102
% of votes cast 97%1%0%2%
How each member voted (100)
Member Party Vote
Espinosa — Yea
Kump — Yea
Rowan — Yea
Angelucci — Yea
Estep-Burton — Yea
Lavender-Bowe — Yea
Rowe — Yea
Atkinson — Yea
Evans — Yea
Linville — Yea
Shott — Yea
Fast — Yea
Little — Yea
Skaff — Yea
Barnhart — Yea
Fleischauer — Yea
Longstreth — Yea
Sponaugle — Yea
Lovejoy — Yea
Staggers — Yea
Foster — Yea
Mandt — Yea
Storch — Yea
Bates — Yea
Graves — Yea
Summers — Yea
Bibby — Yea
Hamrick — Yea
Swartzmiller — Yea
Boggs — Yea
Hanna — Yea
Maynard — Yea
Sypolt — Yea
Brown, N. — Yea
Thompson, C. — Yea
Brown, S. — Yea
Hardy — Yea
Miley — Yea
Thompson, R. — Yea
Hartman — Yea
Tomblin — Yea
Byrd — Yea
Hicks — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Cadle — Yea
Higginbotham — Yea
Pack — Yea
Walker — Yea
Hill — Yea
Paynter — Yea
Waxman — Yea
Canestraro — Yea
Pethtel — Yea
Westfall — Yea
Capito — Yea
Phillips — Yea
Caputo — Yea
Householder — Yea
Porterfield — Yea
Wilson — Yea
Cowles — Yea
Pyles — Yea
Zukoff — Yea
Diserio — Yea
Robinson — Yea
Doyle — Yea
Rodighiero — Yea
Kessinger — Yea
Steele — Nay
Jeffries, J. — Not Voting
Evan Hansen Democrat Yea
John Williams Democrat Yea
Mike Pushkin Democrat Yea
Sean Hornbuckle Democrat Yea
Shawn Fluharty Democrat Yea
Ben Queen Republican Yea
Betsy Kelly Republican Yea
Betsy Kelly Republican Yea
Carl Martin Republican Yea
Christopher W. Toney Republican Yea
D. Rolland Jennings Republican Yea
Dean Jeffries Republican Yea
Evan Worrell Republican Yea
Gary G. Howell Republican Yea
George Miller Republican Yea
Jason Barrett Republican Yea
Jeff Campbell Republican Yea
Jim Butler Republican Yea
Joe Ellington Republican Yea
John Paul Hott Republican Yea
Mark Dean Republican Not Voting
Matthew Rohrbach Republican Yea
Mike Azinger Republican Yea
Pat McGeehan Republican Yea
Patrick Martin Republican Yea
Roger Hanshaw Republican Yea
Roy Cooper Republican Yea
T. Kevan Bartlett Republican Yea
Vernon Criss Republican Yea
William Anderson Republican Yea

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Passage

Passed 33 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 2000
Unaffiliated 31001
Total 33001
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (34)
Member Party Vote
LINDSAY — Yea
SMITH — Yea
BALDWIN — Yea
MANN — Not Voting
STOLLINGS — Yea
BEACH — Yea
MARONEY — Yea
SWOPE — Yea
BLAIR — Yea
MAYNARD — Yea
SYPOLT — Yea
BOLEY — Yea
PALUMBO — Yea
TAKUBO — Yea
PITSENBARGER — Yea
TARR — Yea
CLINE — Yea
PLYMALE — Yea
TRUMP — Yea
FACEMIRE — Yea
PREZIOSO — Yea
UNGER — Yea
HAMILTON — Yea
ROBERTS — Yea
WELD — Yea
HARDESTY — Yea
ROMANO — Yea
WOELFEL — Yea
IHLENFELD — Yea
RUCKER — Yea
MR PRESIDENT — Yea
JEFFRIES — Yea
Charles H. Clements Republican Yea
Mike Azinger Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Who sponsors SB 787?
SB 787 is sponsored by Eric Tarr (Republican), Hardesty, Maroney, Stollings, and Plymale.
What is the current status of SB 787?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 14, 2020. Enacted.
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