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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