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WV HB3067

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/3/2025

Primary Sponsor

Matthew Rohrbach

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Origin

House of Delegates

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Prohibits health insurers and pharmacy benefit managers from refusing to pay participating providers for covered clinician-administered drugs or requiring these medications to be dispensed only by plan-selected pharmacies

  • Bars insurers from reducing reimbursement rates when providers obtain clinician-administered drugs from non-network pharmacies, requiring payment at the contracted rate or wholesale acquisition cost

  • Prevents insurers from interfering with patient choice of provider or pharmacy for clinician-administered medications, including through financial incentives, steering, or additional cost-sharing

  • Allows insurers to offer but not mandate home infusion services or external infusion sites, and permits establishing specialty care centers of excellence based on objective quality measures

  • Classifies violations as unfair trade practices subject to investigation, private lawsuits, and penalties under consumer protection law, and renders any contrary contract provisions void and unenforceable

Legislative Description

Protecting patient access to clinician-administered medications.

Health

Last Action

To House Health and Human Resources

3/3/2025

Committee Referrals

Health & Human Resources3/3/2025

Full Bill Text

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