Relating to participating network provider pharmacies and pharmacists under Medicaid managed care

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedFebruary 17, 2021
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 17, 2021
3. ✓
   Done: House committeeMarch 3, 2021
4. ✕
   Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
5. Next: Senate committee
6. Next: Passes the Senate
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill requires a Medicaid managed care organization to contract with any licensed pharmacy or pharmacist located within the geographic service area of the managed care organization as a participating network provider if the licensed pharmacy or pharmacist agrees to comply with the terms and conditions for participation in the managed care organization’s network, meets and agrees to the conditions for participation in the Medicaid program established by the department of human services, accepts the prevailing Medicaid reimbursement, and is subject to license discipline.

Full bill text¹

House subcommittee

Named February 17, 2021 (as HSB 224). On February 25, 2021 it recommended amendment and passage. Vote Total: 3-0.

• Rep. Brooke Boden REmail
• Rep. Robert P. Bacon R
• Rep. John Forbes D

Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part

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