HB670 (2019) Detail

Relative to the cost of prescription drugs.


CHAPTER 137

HB 670-FN - FINAL VERSION

 

19Mar2019... 0893h

2019 SESSION

19-0804

01/06

 

HOUSE BILL 670-FN

 

AN ACT relative to the cost of prescription drugs.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Butler, Carr. 7; Rep. Marsh, Carr. 8; Rep. Knirk, Carr. 3; Sen. Sherman, Dist 24

 

COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires health insurance carriers to maintain certain information relative to prescription drug  costs within  their data systems for purposes of the managed care law.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

19Mar2019... 0893h 19-0804

01/06

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen

 

AN ACT relative to the cost of prescription drugs.

 

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

 

137:1  New Paragraph; Managed Care Law: Prescription Drugs.  Amend RSA 420-J:7-b by inserting after paragraph X the following new paragraph:

XI.  Health carriers shall have access to or maintain within their data systems amounts paid to pharmacies and other health care providers for all prescription drugs on behalf of their covered members.  Carriers shall have access to or maintain a record of any amounts due to the pharmacy from the covered member in the form of cost sharing, such as copayments, deductibles, or coinsurance.  The health carrier shall be responsible for assuring timely access to this information even when the prescription drug benefit is administered by a pharmacy benefit manager or similar entity.

137:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

 

Approved: June 25, 2019

Effective Date: August 24, 2019

 

 

Links


Date Body Type
Feb. 19, 2019 House Hearing
Feb. 21, 2019 House Exec Session
March 8, 2019 House Exec Session
March 8, 2019 House Exec Session
House Floor Vote
March 19, 2019 House Floor Vote
April 23, 2019 Senate Hearing
May 2, 2019 Senate Floor Vote

Bill Text Revisions

HB670 Revision: 6425 Date: Dec. 3, 2019, 1:16 p.m.
HB670 Revision: 5809 Date: May 2, 2019, 12:48 p.m.
HB670 Revision: 5601 Date: April 11, 2019, 2:07 p.m.
HB670 Revision: 4951 Date: Jan. 16, 2019, 10:23 a.m.

Docket


June 25, 2019: Signed by Governor Sununu 06/25/2019; Chapter 137; Eff: 08/24/2019


May 8, 2019: Enrolled 05/08/2019 HJ 15 P. 101


May 15, 2019: Enrolled (In recess 05/15/2019); SJ 17


May 2, 2019: Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/02/2019; SJ 15


May 2, 2019: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/02/2019; Vote 5-0; CC SC 20


April 23, 2019: Hearing: 04/23/2019, Room 100, SH, 01:15 pm; SC 19


March 28, 2019: Introduced 03/28/2019 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 12


March 19, 2019: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0893h: MA VV 03/19/2019 HJ 10 P. 15


March 19, 2019: Amendment # 2019-0893h: AA VV 03/19/2019 HJ 10 P. 15


March 19, 2019: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0893h for 03/19/2019 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 16 P. 6


: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0893h (Vote 20-0; CC)


March 8, 2019: ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 03/08/2019 01:30 pm LOB 302-304


March 8, 2019: Subcommittee Work Session: 03/08/2019 09:00 am LOB 302-304


March 6, 2019: Subcommittee Work Session: 03/06/2019 02:30 pm LOB 302


Feb. 21, 2019: ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 02/21/2019 02:00 pm LOB 302


Feb. 21, 2019: Subcommittee Work Session: 02/21/2019 10:30 am LOB 302


Feb. 19, 2019: Public Hearing: 02/19/2019 01:30 pm LOB 302


Jan. 3, 2019: Introduced 01/03/2019 and referred to Commerce and Consumer Affairs HJ 3 P. 25