CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2464
Chapter 116, Laws of 2020
66TH LEGISLATURE
2020 REGULAR SESSION
PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION--CHARGES
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 11, 2020
Passed by the House March 9, 2020 Yeas 96 Nays 0 LAURIE JINKINS
Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate March 6, 2020 Yeas 48 Nays 0 CYRUS HABIB
President of the Senate | CERTIFICATE I, Bernard Dean, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2464 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. BERNARD DEAN
Chief Clerk Chief Clerk |
Approved March 25, 2020 3:03 PM | FILED March 26, 2020 |
JAY INSLEE
Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2464
AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
Passed Legislature - 2020 Regular Session
State of Washington | 66th Legislature | 2020 Regular Session |
ByHouse Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Gildon and Young)
READ FIRST TIME 02/04/20.
AN ACT Relating to protecting patients from excess charges for prescription medications; and adding a new section to chapter
48.43 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter
48.43 RCW to read as follows:
(1) Beginning January 1, 2021, the maximum amount a health carrier or pharmacy benefit manager may require a person to pay at the point of sale for a covered prescription medication is the lesser of:
(a) The applicable cost sharing for the prescription medication; or
(b) The amount the person would pay for the prescription medication if the person purchased the prescription medication without using a health plan.
(2) A health carrier or pharmacy benefit manager may not require a pharmacist to dispense a brand name prescription medication when a less expensive therapeutically equivalent generic prescription medication is available.
(3) For purposes of this section, "pharmacy benefit manager" has the same meaning as in RCW
19.340.010.
Passed by the House March 9, 2020.
Passed by the Senate March 6, 2020.
Approved by the Governor March 25, 2020.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 26, 2020.
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