On June 7th, the Pennsylvania All Copays Count Coalition, alongside the Western and Eastern Pennsylvania Bleeding Disorders Foundations, will be in Harrisburg to meet with legislators on the legislation. Pennsylvania: SB 372, the Commonwealth’s copay accumulator legislation has been introduced in the Senate and sent to the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee. Oregon: Oregon’s copay accumulator adjuster bill, SB 565, died in late April after efforts to attach it to another bill failed. Manchester to obtain co-sponsors in the House prior to the bill being called up to the Committee. In the following weeks, patient advocacy organizations will be working with Rep. HB 177 has been referred to the House Committee on Insurance. Ohio: Following the Ohio budget, Representative Susan Manchester has introduced a new standalone bill to address copay accumulator adjustment policies. SB 194 was a priority for the Nevada Chapter of NHF at its Advocacy Day April 17.
Nevada: SB 194, a measure to restrict the use of step therapy by health insurers, passed the House and Senate and was sent to the Governor for his signature. Missouri: HB 442, Missouri’s copay accumulator bill, died in the Senate after attempts to attach it to another bill failed at the end of the session. More hearings, both in the House and the Senate, are expected to occur in the fall. Several members of the All Copays Count Coalition, including NHF, provided written testimony to the Committee, and several patient advocates provided spoken testimony. Massachusetts: On May 2nd, the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Financial Services held a committee meeting on a variety of healthcare issues, including copay accumulator adjusters. The Governor has thirty days to veto the bill (from May 8) before it takes effect automatically.
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The Act now heads to the Senate for full consideration.Ĭolorado: SB 195, Colorado's copay accumulator bill, passed a concurrence vote in the Senate and was sent to Gov. The Safe Step Act, a piece of legislation that NHF alongside many patient advocacy groups have supported in multiple Congresses, places reasonable limits on the use of step therapy, also known as “fail first”. Safe Step Act: On May 2nd, The Safe Step Act ( S.652) was accepted as an amendment and reported favorably out of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee. NHF staff met with five Senate offices and one House member May 22 in Washington, DC and also has scheduled virtual meetings the week after Memorial Day with Sens. NHF continues to solicit Members of Congress to cosponsor S. 1375 was tabled during the May Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee markup on PBM’s, the bill is up to eight cosponsors.
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