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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 578

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Relating to: funding for an office of prescription drug affordability, crediting certain amounts to the general program operations account of the office of the commissioner of insurance, and making an appropriation. (FE)

Drugs Insurance — Commissioner office of Public employee

  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 provides $500,000 in program revenue in fiscal year 2021-22 for

onetime implementation costs associated with establishing an Office of Prescription

Drug Affordability in the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance. Additionally, the

bill authorizes and funds for the fiscal biennium 16.0 positions for the Office of

Prescription Drug Affordability.

The bill also credits to the appropriation account for OCI's general program

operations all moneys received from the regulation of pharmacy benefit managers,

pharmacy benefit management brokers, pharmacy benefit management

consultants, pharmacy services administration organizations, and pharmaceutical

sales representatives.

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) , Wirch (D)

23 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , B. Meyers (D) , Cabrera (D) , Conley (D) , Doyle (D) , Emerson (D) , Hebl (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Hong (D) , L. Myers (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 24, 2021 · Senate

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

  2. Sep 24, 2021 · Senate

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

  3. Nov 9, 2021 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Mar 15, 2022 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1