SB421 (2014) Detail

(New Title) establishing a committee to study the law requiring all exceptions to prescription drug benefits under the managed care law to be approved within 48 hours.


SB 421 – VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES

30Apr2014… 1560h

2014 SESSION

14-2860

01/09

SENATE BILL 421

AN ACT establishing a committee to study the law requiring all exceptions to prescription drug benefits under the managed care law to be approved within 48 hours.

SPONSORS: Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Rep. Schlachman, Rock 18; Rep. K. Williams, Hills 4

COMMITTEE: Commerce

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill establishes a committee to study the law requiring all exception to prescription drug benefits under the managed care law to be approved within 48 hours.

This bill is a result of the committee to study the regulation of pharmacy benefit managers established under 2013, 182.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

30Apr2014… 1560h

14-2860

01/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen

AN ACT establishing a committee to study the law requiring all exceptions to prescription drug benefits under the managed care law to be approved within 48 hours.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Committee Established. There is established a committee to study the law requiring all exceptions to prescription drug benefits under the managed care law to be approved within 48 hours.

2 Membership and Compensation.

I. The members of the committee shall be as follows:

(a) One member of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.

(b) Three members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.

II. Members of the committee shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the committee.

3 Duties. The committee shall study the efficacy of RSA 420-J:7-b, II, requiring all exceptions to prescription drug benefits under the managed care law to be approved within 48 hours. The committee shall determine whether this law is having the intended impact on timely consumer access to prescription drugs.

4 Chairperson; Quorum. The members of the study committee shall elect a chairperson from among the members. The first meeting of the committee shall be called by the senate member. The first meeting of the committee shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section. Three members of the committee shall constitute a quorum.

5 Report. The committee shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate clerk, the house clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before November 1, 2014.

6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.