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First Regular Session | 75th General Assembly
Colorado General Assembly
HB18-1284

Disclosure Of Prescription Costs At Pharmacies

Type Bill
Session 2018 Regular Session
Subjects
Health Care & Health Insurance

Concerning the cost of prescription drugs purchased at a pharmacy.

Bill Summary:

Carriers - pharmacy benefit management firms - contracts with pharmacies and pharmacists - prohibitions against disallowing cost-sharing measures. The act prohibits a carrier that has a contract with a pharmacy or pharmacist, or a pharmacy benefit management firm acting on behalf of a carrier, from:

  • Prohibiting a pharmacy or pharmacist from, or penalizing a pharmacy or pharmacist for, providing a covered person information on the amount of the covered person's cost share for the covered person's prescription drug and the clinical efficacy of any more affordable alternative drugs that are therapeutically equivalent; or
  • Requiring a pharmacy to charge or collect a copayment from a covered person that exceeds the total submitted charges by the network pharmacy.
The act requires the commissioner of insurance to act when the commissioner determines that a carrier or pharmacy benefit management firm has engaged in the prohibited conduct.


(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Prime Sponsors

Senator Janet Buckner

Representative

Janet Buckner

Representative James Wilson

Representative

James Wilson

Senator Beth Humenik

Senator

Beth Humenik

Senator John Kefalas

Senator

John Kefalas

Committees

House

Health, Insurance, & Environment

Senate

Health & Human Services

Status

Became Law

Introduced

Passed

Became Law

Related Documents & Information

Date Version Documents
04/30/2018 Signed Act PDF
04/26/2018 Final Act PDF
04/19/2018 Rerevised PDF
04/18/2018 Revised PDF
04/05/2018 Reengrossed PDF
04/04/2018 Engrossed PDF
03/08/2018 Introduced PDF
Date Version Documents
09/05/2018 FN2 PDF
03/28/2018 FN1 PDF
Activity Vote Documents
Refer House Bill 18-1284 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 5-0. Vote summary
Hearing Summary
|
Committee Report:  PDF
Activity Vote Documents
Refer House Bill 18-1284 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 12-1. Vote summary
Hearing Summary
|
Committee Report:  PDF
Date Calendar Motion Vote Vote Document
04/19/2018 Third Reading BILL
34
AYE
1
NO
0
OTHER
 		Vote record
04/18/2018 Committee of the Whole COW *
34
AYE
0
NO
1
OTHER
 		Vote record
Date Calendar Motion Vote Vote Document
04/05/2018 Third Reading BILL
57
AYE
5
NO
3
OTHER
 		Vote record
Date Location Action
04/30/2018 Governor Governor Signed
04/26/2018 Governor Sent to the Governor
04/26/2018 Senate Signed by the President of the Senate
04/26/2018 House Signed by the Speaker of the House
04/19/2018 Senate Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
04/18/2018 Senate Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments
04/12/2018 Senate Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole
04/05/2018 Senate Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services
04/05/2018 House House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
04/04/2018 House House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments
03/29/2018 House House Committee on Health, Insurance, & Environment Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
03/08/2018 House Introduced In House - Assigned to Health, Insurance, & Environment
Effective Date Chapter # Title Documents
08/08/2018 181 Disclosure Of Prescription Costs At Pharmacies PDF

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