CS/SB 670 (2017) -  Managed Care Plans’ Provider Networks

General Bill by Banking and Insurance and Bean (CO-SPONSORS) Lee; Mayfield; Broxson
Managed Care Plans’ Provider Networks: Prohibiting a managed care plan from excluding a pharmacy that meets the credentialing requirements and standards established by the Agency for Health Care Administration and that accepts the terms of the plan; requiring a managed care plan to offer the same rate of reimbursement to all pharmacies in the plan’s network, etc.
Effective Date: 10/01/2017
Last Event: 05/05/17 S Died in Appropriations on Friday, May 5, 2017 11:59 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Banking and Insurance
    • On agenda for: 03/06/17 4:00 PM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 7   Nays 1
  • Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
    • On agenda for: 03/21/17 2:00 PM
    • Recommendation: Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 8   Nays 0
  • Appropriations

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: HB 625 Subject: Managed Care Plan Provider Networks Relationship: Similar

Bill Text

  • Committee Substitute 1
    • A 433026 , Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, Bean Date Filed: 03/20/17, Line#: 27 Senate(c): Withdrawn 03/22/2017 05:26 PM
  • Original Filed Version
    • A 895576 , Banking and Insurance, Garcia Date Filed: 03/06/17, Line#: 27 Senate(c): Unfavorable 03/06/2017 06:15 PM
    • A 390442 , Banking and Insurance, Garcia Date Filed: 03/06/17, Line#: 27 Senate(c): Unfavorable 03/06/2017 06:15 PM
    • A 230802 , Banking and Insurance, Garcia Date Filed: 03/06/17, Line#: 27 Senate(c): Unfavorable 03/06/2017 06:15 PM
    • A 229060 , Banking and Insurance, Bean Date Filed: 03/06/17, Line#: 129 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 03/06/2017 06:15 PM

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services 3/21/2017 5:53:55 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services 3/20/2017 2:44:23 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Banking and Insurance 3/7/2017 1:37:30 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Banking and Insurance 3/3/2017 4:02:20 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Appropriations Time: 05/05/2017 - 11:59 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: c1
Event: S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration Time: 05/05/2017 - 11:59 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Now in Appropriations -SJ 244 Time: 03/22/2017 - 4:29 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: c1
Event: S Subcommittee Recommendation: Favorable by Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 244 Time: 03/21/2017 - 3:19 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, 03/21/17, 2:00 pm, 401 Senate Office Building Time: 03/16/2017 - 4:23 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Version: c1
Event: S Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services -SJ 148 Time: 03/08/2017 - 4:25 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Version: c1
Event: S CS by Banking and Insurance read 1st time -SJ 146 Time: 03/07/2017 - 7:55 PM Member: Committee: Banking and Insurance Version: c1
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 03/07/2017 - 1:48 PM Member: Committee: Banking and Insurance Version: c1
Event: S Introduced -SJ 85 Time: 03/07/2017 - 8:00 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S CS by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 7 NAYS 1 -SJ 148 Time: 03/06/2017 - 6:04 PM Member: Committee: Banking and Insurance Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 03/06/17, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building Time: 02/27/2017 - 3:23 PM Member: Committee: Banking and Insurance Version: __
Event: S Referred to Banking and Insurance; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 85 Time: 02/16/2017 - 4:27 PM Member: Committee: Banking and Insurance Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 02/03/2017 - 9:19 AM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
409.975 HB 145, CS/SB 222*, HB 625, SB 746, CS/HB 1077*, CS/HB 1195, SB 1760, SB 2514

(*) Not the latest version