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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 554

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: pharmacy benefits tool grants and making an appropriation. (FE)

Drugs Insurance — Commissioner office of Pharmacy Physician

  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 award grants

in an amount of up to $500,000 in each fiscal year to health care providers to develop

and implement a tool that would allow prescribers to disclose the cost of prescription

drugs for patients. The tool must be usable by physicians and other prescribers to

determine the cost of prescription drugs for their patients. Any health care provider

that receives a grant to develop and implement a patient pharmacy benefits tool is

required to contribute matching funds equal to at least 50 percent of the total grant

awarded.

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)

22 cosponsors

Anderson (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) , Sinicki (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Vruwink (D)

Full history

  1. Sep 2, 2021 · Senate

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

  2. Sep 2, 2021 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Health

  3. Sep 29, 2021 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Mar 15, 2022 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1