republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2020/sb-241.md

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Bill	Pharmacy benefit managers.	Requires a pharmacy benefit manager to obtain a license issued by the department of insurance and sets forth requirements of the pharmacy benefit manager. Provides for the commissioner of the department of insurance to adopt rules to specify licensure, financial and other standards, and reporting requirements that apply to a pharmacy benefit manager. Sets forth requirements and prohibitions of a pharmacy benefit manager. Allows a party that has contracted with a pharmacy benefit manager to request an audit of compliance at least one time per year. Makes violations of the chapter concerning pharmacy benefit managers an unfair or deceptive act or practice in the business of insurance. Allows a pharmacy benefit manager to obtain the license not later than December 31, 2020, in order to do business in Indiana and provide services for any health provider contract beginning January 1, 2021. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the interim study committee on public health, behavioral health, and human services.)	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2020	SB 241	Indiana SB 241 (2020)	bill	HEALTH Health Care Costs; Health Insurance INSURANCE State Department and Agencies PHARMACISTS AND PHARMACIES	enacted	Ed Charbonneau James Merritt Liz Brown Matt Lehman	6	41	2	2020-01-09	2020-03-18	openstates	ocd-bill/15f428d1-0145-4ebe-b7c3-a5d562ea04a0	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/senate/241	296048243e0293ae68acae9300a859f4a1d2bc7e84fd850c9322bfaeaf56be93	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 241 (2020) — Pharmacy benefit managers.

Requires a pharmacy benefit manager to obtain a license issued by the department of insurance and sets forth requirements of the pharmacy benefit manager. Provides for the commissioner of the department of insurance to adopt rules to specify licensure, financial and other standards, and reporting requirements that apply to a pharmacy benefit manager. Sets forth requirements and prohibitions of a pharmacy benefit manager. Allows a party that has contracted with a pharmacy benefit manager to request an audit of compliance at least one time per year. Makes violations of the chapter concerning pharmacy benefit managers an unfair or deceptive act or practice in the business of insurance. Allows a pharmacy benefit manager to obtain the license not later than December 31, 2020, in order to do business in Indiana and provide services for any health provider contract beginning January 1, 2021. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the interim study committee on public health, behavioral health, and human services.)

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Engrossed Senate Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SB 241 - Brown L - 3rd Reading — 46–2 (pass) · upper
• SB 241 - Lehman - 3rd Reading — 96–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ed Charbonneau — primary (person)
• James Merritt — primary (person)
• Liz Brown — primary (person)
• Matt Lehman — primary (person)
• Edward Clere — cosponsor (person)
• Greg Taylor — coauthor (person)
• James Tomes — coauthor (person)
• John Ruckelshaus — coauthor (person)
• Mark Stoops — coauthor (person)
• Robin Shackleford — cosponsor (person)
• Ronald Grooms — coauthor (person)
• Ryan Mishler — coauthor (person)
• Steven Davisson — cosponsor (person)
• Victoria Spartz — coauthor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2020-01-09 Authored by Senator Brown L
• 2020-01-09 First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-01-14 Senator Charbonneau added as second author
• 2020-01-14 Senator Merritt added as third author
• 2020-01-16 Senator Stoops added as coauthor
• 2020-01-21 Senator Tomes added as coauthor
• 2020-01-23 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2020-01-23 Senator Mishler added as coauthor
• 2020-01-23 Senators Ruckelshaus and Grooms added as coauthors
• 2020-01-28 Amendment #1 (Brown L) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage, amendment-failure
• 2020-01-28 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2020-01-30 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 100: yeas 46, nays 2 reading-3, passage
• 2020-01-30 House sponsor: Representative Lehman
• 2020-01-30 Senator Taylor G added as coauthor
• 2020-01-31 Referred to the House
• 2020-02-10 First reading: referred to Committee on Insurance reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-02-13 Representatives Davisson, Clere, Shackleford added as cosponsors
• 2020-02-27 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2020-03-02 Amendment #3 (Austin) prevailed; Roll Call 247: yeas 93, nays 0 amendment-passage, amendment-failure
• 2020-03-02 Amendment #1 (Austin) prevailed; Roll Call 248: yeas 94, nays 0 amendment-passage, amendment-failure
• 2020-03-02 Amendment #2 (Austin) prevailed; Roll Call 249: yeas 94, nays 0 amendment-passage, amendment-failure
• 2020-03-02 Amendment #4 (Austin) prevailed; Roll Call 246: yeas 92, nays 0 amendment-passage, amendment-failure
• 2020-03-02 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2020-03-03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 287: yeas 96, nays 0 reading-3, passage
• 2020-03-04 Returned to the Senate with amendments amendment-failure
• 2020-03-04 Motion to dissent filed
• 2020-03-04 Senate dissented from House amendments amendment-failure
• 2020-03-04 House conferees appointed: Lehman and Austin
• 2020-03-04 House advisors appointed: Davisson, Carbaugh, Clere, Morris, Hatfield, Fleming and Shackleford
• 2020-03-05 Senate conferees appointed: Brown L and Breaux
• 2020-03-05 Senate advisors appointed: Charbonneau, Stoops and Ruckelshaus
• 2020-03-11 Senator Spartz added as coauthor
• 2020-03-11 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
• 2020-03-11 CCR # 1 filed in the House
• 2020-03-11 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 398: yeas 49, nays 0
• 2020-03-12 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2020-03-12 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 400: yeas 91, nays 0
• 2020-03-16 Signed by the Speaker
• 2020-03-18 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2020-03-18 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2020-03-18 Public Law 68

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/15f428d1-0145-4ebe-b7c3-a5d562ea04a0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).