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type: "Bill"
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title: "Pharmacy benefit managers."
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description: "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.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 241"
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citation: "Indiana SB 241 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["HEALTH", "Health Care Costs; Health Insurance", "INSURANCE", "State Department and Agencies", "PHARMACISTS AND PHARMACIES"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ed Charbonneau", "James Merritt", "Liz Brown", "Matt Lehman"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 41
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2020-01-09"
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last_action: "2020-03-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15f428d1-0145-4ebe-b7c3-a5d562ea04a0"
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source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/senate/241"
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source_hash: "296048243e0293ae68acae9300a859f4a1d2bc7e84fd850c9322bfaeaf56be93"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
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---
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# Indiana SB 241 (2020) — Pharmacy benefit managers.
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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.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0241/versions/SB0241.03.ENGS)
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2. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0241/versions/SB0241.05.ENGH)
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3. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0241/versions/SB0241.06.ENRH)
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4. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0241/versions/SB0241.01.INTR)
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5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0241/versions/SB0241.04.COMH)
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6. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0241/versions/SB0241.02.COMS)
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## Votes
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- SB 241 - Brown L - 3rd Reading — **46–2** (pass) · upper
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- SB 241 - Lehman - 3rd Reading — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ed Charbonneau — primary (person)
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- James Merritt — primary (person)
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- Liz Brown — primary (person)
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- Matt Lehman — primary (person)
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- Edward Clere — cosponsor (person)
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- Greg Taylor — coauthor (person)
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- James Tomes — coauthor (person)
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- John Ruckelshaus — coauthor (person)
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- Mark Stoops — coauthor (person)
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- Robin Shackleford — cosponsor (person)
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- Ronald Grooms — coauthor (person)
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- Ryan Mishler — coauthor (person)
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- Steven Davisson — cosponsor (person)
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- Victoria Spartz — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-09** Authored by Senator Brown L
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- **2020-01-09** First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-14** Senator Charbonneau added as second author
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- **2020-01-14** Senator Merritt added as third author
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- **2020-01-16** Senator Stoops added as coauthor
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- **2020-01-21** Senator Tomes added as coauthor
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- **2020-01-23** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-23** Senator Mishler added as coauthor
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- **2020-01-23** Senators Ruckelshaus and Grooms added as coauthors
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- **2020-01-28** Amendment #1 (Brown L) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
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- **2020-01-28** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-30** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 100: yeas 46, nays 2 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2020-01-30** House sponsor: Representative Lehman
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- **2020-01-30** Senator Taylor G added as coauthor
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- **2020-01-31** Referred to the House
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- **2020-02-10** First reading: referred to Committee on Insurance `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-13** Representatives Davisson, Clere, Shackleford added as cosponsors
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- **2020-02-27** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2020-03-02** Amendment #3 (Austin) prevailed; Roll Call 247: yeas 93, nays 0 `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
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- **2020-03-02** Amendment #1 (Austin) prevailed; Roll Call 248: yeas 94, nays 0 `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
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- **2020-03-02** Amendment #2 (Austin) prevailed; Roll Call 249: yeas 94, nays 0 `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
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- **2020-03-02** Amendment #4 (Austin) prevailed; Roll Call 246: yeas 92, nays 0 `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
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- **2020-03-02** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-03** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 287: yeas 96, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2020-03-04** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
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- **2020-03-04** Motion to dissent filed
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- **2020-03-04** Senate dissented from House amendments `amendment-failure`
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- **2020-03-04** House conferees appointed: Lehman and Austin
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- **2020-03-04** House advisors appointed: Davisson, Carbaugh, Clere, Morris, Hatfield, Fleming and Shackleford
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- **2020-03-05** Senate conferees appointed: Brown L and Breaux
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- **2020-03-05** Senate advisors appointed: Charbonneau, Stoops and Ruckelshaus
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- **2020-03-11** Senator Spartz added as coauthor
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- **2020-03-11** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
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- **2020-03-11** CCR # 1 filed in the House
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- **2020-03-11** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 398: yeas 49, nays 0
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- **2020-03-12** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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- **2020-03-12** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 400: yeas 91, nays 0
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- **2020-03-16** Signed by the Speaker
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- **2020-03-18** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2020-03-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-03-18** Public Law 68
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/15f428d1-0145-4ebe-b7c3-a5d562ea04a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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