340B Bill History, Testimony, and Media

 

BILL HISTORY

 

Date	Action
January 6-23	Co-sponsor request
January 8	Advocate Call to Action for Co-Sponsors (CLOSED)
January 27	Bill numbers released: House Bill 482 and Senate Bill 263
January 28	Press Conference: Video from The Ohio Channel
January 29	HB 482 referred to House Health
February 5	SB 263 referred to Senate Finance
February 18	HB 482 1st hearing, sponsor testimony: Video from The Ohio Channel
February 25	SB 263 1st hearing
November 10	HB 482 & SB 263 for 2nd hearings (Click bill number for The Ohio Channel video)
November 17	SB 263 3rd hearing
December 1	HB 482: 3rd Hearing; Voted out of committee
December 1	SB 263: 4th Hearing; Voted out of committee
December 2	SB 263 unanimously passes out of the Ohio Senate
December 8	SB 263: 1st hearing in House Health Committee: voted out of committee
December 8	HB 365: amended in Senate Health, Human Services and Medicaid Committee to include SB 263: voted out of committee
December 17	HB 365 passed the Senate and is pending concurrence by the House
December 18	SB 263 passed the House pending Governor signature into law
January 6, 2021	SB 263 signed by Governor into law (effective in 90 days)!! Video of signing

 

TESTIMONY

Click on the corresponding House or Senate link below and using the dates from the chart above, you will see each advocate’s testimony (in-person and written): Ohio House Health Committee testimony | Ohio Senate Finance Committee testimony

 

NEWS COVERAGE

Date	Media Coverage
1/8/2020	WHIO’s Bill Otte: “Prescription Drug Costs Are The Issue”
1/13/2020	The Columbus Dispatch’s Candisky: “Pharmacy middlemen benefit from drug discount program intended to help poor
1/28/2020	The Columbus Dispatch's Candisky: Ohio lawmakers aim to protect clinics for poor form pharmacy middlemen"
1/28/2020	Statehouse News Bureau's Jo Ingles: "Bill Meant To Protect Independent Pharmacies And Community Health Clinics"
1/29/2020	NBC4's Catherine Ross: Ohio lawmakers propose crackdown on pharmacy benefit managers
1/29/2020	Spectrum News 1's Molly Martinez: Lawmakers Introduce Legislation to Curb Predatory Price-Gouging
1/30/2020	Becker's Hospital Review: Ohio lawmakers aim to protect 340B hospitals from PBM price manipulations
11/12/2020	340B Report “Ohio 340B Providers Make Final Push for Bills on PBM Reimbursement