SB389Introduced in the Senate
Revises provisions relating to the administration of pharmacy benefits under Medicaid and certain other health plans. (BDR 38-240)
Introduced by Melanie Scheible, District 9
What does this bill do?
Plain-English breakdown
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Official description
AN ACT relating to prescription drugs; requiring the Department of Health and Human Services to select and contract with a state pharmacy benefit manager to manage pharmacy benefits for Medicaid and certain other health benefit plans; requiring the Department to establish certain methodologies for the payment of and rates of reimbursement for prescription drugs under Medicaid; requiring the Department to establish a benchmark to measure certain data relating to the cost of prescription drugs; prescribing certain duties of the state pharmacy benefit manager; requiring that the Department approve certain contracts entered into by the state pharmacy benefit manager; prohibiting the state pharmacy benefit manager from engaging in certain activities; requiring a Medicaid managed care organization to contract with and utilize the state pharmacy benefit manager to manage pharmacy benefits; requiring a Medicaid managed care organization to provide certain information to the Department upon request; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Where it stands
Chapter 390.
June 6, 2025
How did lawmakers vote?
Assembly votes
1 recorded vote · each counted separately
Senate votes
1 recorded vote · each counted separately
AssemblyStage: Assembly Final Passage · May 31, 2025
41
Yes
0
No
1
Absent or Not Voting
42 assemblymembers recorded in this Assembly vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.
See how each assemblymember voted
| Assemblymember | District | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Daniele Monroe-Moreno | 1 | Yes |
| Heidi Kasama | 2 | Yes |
| Selena Torres-Fossett | 3 | Yes |
| Lisa Cole | 4 | Yes |
| Brittney Miller | 5 | Yes |
| Jovan Jackson | 6 | Yes |
| Tanya Flanagan | 7 | Yes |
| Duy Nguyen | 8 | Yes |
| Steve Yeager | 9 | Yes |
| Venise Karris | 10 | Yes |
Bill history
Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To printer.
From printer. To committee.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
Placed on Second Reading File.
Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 465.)
Notice of eligibility for exemption.
Taken from General File. Re-referred to Committee on Finance. Exemption effective. To printer.
From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
Placed on General File.
Read third time. Amended. (Amend. No. 725.)
Reprinting dispensed with.
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 18, Nays: 2, Excused: 1.) To printer.
From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. To Assembly.
In Assembly.
Read first time. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To committee.
From committee: Do pass.
Placed on Second Reading File.
Read second time.
Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 41, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Senate.
In Senate.
To enrollment.
Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
Approved by the Governor.
Chapter 390.
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