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2023 Regular Session

Senate Bill 205

AN ACT REQUIRING PHARMACISTS TO INFORM PATIENTS AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS REGARDING THE LEAST EXPENSIVE MEDICATION OPTION.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's General Law Committee on January 25, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To require pharmacists to inform each patient and the patient's prescribing practitioner regarding the least expensive option for a medication or class of medicine that has been prescribed by the prescribing practitioner and the out-of-pocket cost of such medication or class of medicine if purchased without insurance.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

In the House of Representatives

    1 co-sponsor

    Gary A. Turco Jr.

    Its course

    January 17 to January 25, 2023, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

    Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

    Every action4 actions on 3 days

    In the SenateJan 17 to Jan 25 · stopped8 days

    Public Health CommitteeJan 17 to Jan 18 · moved on1 day

    General Law CommitteeJan 18 to Jan 25 · stopped7 days

    Text

    Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

    l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

    What happened

    In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

    In the Senate Jan 17 – Jan 18

    1. Jan 17Introduced and sent to Public Health Committee
    2. Jan 18Sent to General Law Committee
    All 4 actions, as published
    1. Jan 17REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Jan 18Change of ReferenceBoth houses
    3. Jan 25CHG. REF., SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate
    4. Jan 25CHG. REF., HOUSE TO COMM. ONHouse of Representatives