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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 550

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: diabetes medication pilot project and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

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  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 directs the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance to develop a pilot

project under which a pharmacy benefit manager and pharmaceutical manufacturer

are directed to create a value-based, sole-source arrangement to reduce the costs of

prescription diabetes medication. The bill allows OCI to promulgate rules to

implement the pilot project.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Agard (D) , Carpenter (D) , Erpenbach (D) , Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Pfaff (D) , Roys (D)

23 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Baldeh (D) , Cabrera (D) , Conley (D) , Considine (D) , Doyle (D) , Emerson (D) , Hebl (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Hong (D) , Milroy (D) , Neubauer (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Pope (D) , S. Rodriguez (D) , Shankland (D) , Shelton (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Vining (D) , Vruwink (D)

Full history

  1. Sep 2, 2021 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Erpenbach, Johnson, Agard, Carpenter, Larson, Pfaff and Roys; cosponsored by Representatives Subeck, Vining, Anderson, Baldeh, Cabrera, Conley, Considine, Doyle, Emerson, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hong, Milroy, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Pope, S. Rodriguez, Shankland, Shelton, Snodgrass, Spreitzer, Stubbs and Vruwink

  2. Sep 2, 2021 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance, Licensing and Forestry

  3. Sep 29, 2021 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Mar 15, 2022 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1