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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 133

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Relating to: Medical Assistance coverage of COVID-19 testing and vaccine administration by pharmacies. (FE)

Health services department of — Health Pharmacy Vaccination

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires Department of Health Services to ensure that vaccines

against SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and tests for COVID-19 that are otherwise

covered and reimbursed under the Medical Assistance program are covered and

reimbursed when administered by a pharmacy. DHS must certify pharmacies as

Medical Assistance providers as necessary to cover and reimburse pharmacies for

administering COVID-19 vaccines and tests as the bill requires. Current law

requires DHS to reimburse pharmacists for administering vaccines to children if the

federal Department of Health and Human Services has approved the request by

DHS to amend the state's Medical Assistance plan to allow such reimbursement and

if the pharmacist enrolls in the federal Vaccines for Children Program.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Agard (D) , Bewley (D) , Carpenter (D) , Erpenbach (D) , Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Pfaff (D) , Ringhand (D) , Roys (D) , Smith (D) , Wirch (D)

38 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Andraca (D) , B. Meyers (D) , Baldeh (D) , Billings (D) , Bowen (D) , Brostoff (D) , Cabrera (D) , Conley (D) , Considine (D) , Doyle (D) , Drake (D) , Emerson (D) , Goyke (D) , Haywood (D) , Hebl (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Hintz (D) , Hong (D) , L. Myers (D) , McGuire (D) , Milroy (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Neubauer (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Pope (D) , Riemer (D) , S. Rodriguez (D) , Shankland (D) , Shelton (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Vining (D) , Vruwink (D)

Full history

  1. Feb 24, 2021 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Bewley, Agard, Carpenter, Erpenbach, Johnson, Larson, Pfaff, Ringhand, Roys, Smith and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Hintz, Anderson, Andraca, Baldeh, Billings, Bowen, Brostoff, Cabrera, Conley, Considine, Doyle, Drake, Emerson, Goyke, Haywood, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hong, McGuire, B. Meyers, Milroy, Moore Omokunde, L. Myers, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Ortiz-Velez, Pope, Riemer, S. Rodriguez, Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Subeck, Vining and Vruwink

  2. Feb 24, 2021 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection

  3. Mar 9, 2021 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Mar 15, 2022 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1