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Bill AN ACT relating to pharmacy benefits. Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define cost sharing; prohibit an insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, or other administrator from requiring payment for prescription drugs in excess of certain amounts; prohibit an insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, or other administrator from imposing a penalty on a pharmacist or pharmacy for complying as required; prohibit an insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, or other administrator from prohibiting a pharmacist or pharmacy from discussing information relating to cost sharing or selling a more affordable alternative to the insured; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2019. AN ACT relating to pharmacy benefits. Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define cost sharing; prohibit an insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, or other administrator from requiring payment for prescription drugs in excess of certain amounts; prohibit an insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, or other administrator from imposing a penalty on a pharmacist or pharmacy for complying as required; prohibit an insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, or other administrator from prohibiting a pharmacist or pharmacy from discussing information relating to cost sharing or selling a more affordable alternative to the insured; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2019. us/states/ky Kentucky General Assembly 2018RS HB 463 Kentucky HB 463 (2018RS)
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B. Rowland
J. Greer
J. Miller
M. Meredith
S. Wells
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Kentucky HB 463 (2018RS) — AN ACT relating to pharmacy benefits. Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define cost sharing; prohibit an insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, or other administrator from requiring payment for prescription drugs in excess of certain amounts; prohibit an insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, or other administrator from imposing a penalty on a pharmacist or pharmacy for complying as required; prohibit an insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, or other administrator from prohibiting a pharmacist or pharmacy from discussing information relating to cost sharing or selling a more affordable alternative to the insured; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2019.

Version chain

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

  1. HB 463 (As Introduced) (committee substitute) — source
  2. HCS1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Most Recent Version (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

  • B. Rowland — primary (person)
  • J. Greer — primary (person)
  • J. Miller — primary (person)
  • M. Meredith — primary (person)
  • S. Wells — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2018-02-23 Introduced in House introduction
  • 2018-02-26 To Banking & Insurance (H) referral-committee
  • 2018-02-26 Posted in committee
  • 2018-02-28 Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute reading-1
  • 2018-03-01 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
  • 2018-03-05 Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 6, 2018
  • 2018-03-07 3rd reading, passed 92-0 with Committee Substitute reading-3, passage
  • 2018-03-08 Received in Senate
  • 2018-03-09 To Banking & Insurance (S) referral-committee
  • 2018-03-22 Reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar reading-1
  • 2018-03-27 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
  • 2018-03-27 Posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 29, 2018
  • 2018-03-29 3rd reading, passed 36-0 reading-3, passage
  • 2018-03-29 Received in House
  • 2018-03-29 Enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
  • 2018-03-29 Enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
  • 2018-03-29 Delivered to Governor
  • 2018-04-10 Signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 144) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e97187ca-e689-41d7-8be9-c3599f8f8b85. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).