SB 318 IN

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Provides that the office of the attorney general, or an independent auditor with experience auditing expenses related to prescription drugs that is hired through a request for proposal process by the attorney general, shall conduct an audit concerning prescription drug costs for the Medicaid program. Requires the auditor to examine cost sharing, spread pricing, patient steering, proper brand and generic definitions, effective rate clawbacks, medical loss ratio inflation, formulary compliance, discriminatory pricing, and any other metric determined by the attorney general. Provides that the audit look back period for the initial audit must be the previous five state fiscal years. Provides that the audit look back period for every audit conducted thereafter must be the previous three state fiscal years. Provides that the results of an audit must be provided to the legislative council.

• Andy Zay · author
• Ed Charbonneau Republican · author
• Matt Lehman Republican · sponsor

1. Jan 12, 2023 Authored by Senator Zay · upper
2. Jan 12, 2023 First reading: referred to Committee on Insurance and Financial Institutions · upper
3. Feb 16, 2023 Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations · upper
4. Feb 16, 2023 Senator Randolph added as coauthor · upper
5. Feb 23, 2023 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted · upper
6. Feb 23, 2023 Senator Charbonneau added as second author · upper
7. Feb 27, 2023 Second reading: ordered engrossed · upper
8. Feb 28, 2023 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 193: yeas 49, nays 0 · upper
9. Feb 28, 2023 House sponsor: Representative Lehman · upper
10. Feb 28, 2023 Cosponsors: Representatives Vermilion A and Carbaugh · upper
11. Mar 1, 2023 Referred to the House · upper
12. Mar 6, 2023 First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health · lower

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Senate Bill (S) · Feb 23, 2023 · PDF
• Introduced Senate Bill (S) · Jan 12, 2023 · PDF
• Senate Bill (S) · Feb 16, 2023 · PDF