BILL · 1999–00 SESSION
SB 5870: Pharmacy service coverage
Requiring coverage of pharmacy services.
Summary
- Disability insurance contracts, group and blanket disability insurance contracts, and health care service contractors must not deny benefits for services performed by a licensed pharmacist if the service is within the pharmacist's scope of practice and the contract would have provided benefits for the service if it had been performed by a licensed physician.
From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5870), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedFeb 15, 1999
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Pat Thibaudeau (D-43)
- Introduced
- February 15, 1999 in the Senate
- Last action
- January 10, 2000
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Pat Thibaudeau (D-43)
2 co-sponsors (1 Democrat, 1 Republican)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
The Legislature's online data doesn't include step-by-step history for sessions before 2001. Its final status is shown above, and the official bill page may have more.
SB 5870 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
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- SB 5870 (2011–12) Collective bargaining/funds