UPDATE: S.2546 – A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a group health plan or health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan to provide an exceptions process for any medication step therapy protocol, and for other purposes.

LATEST ACTION: September 25, 2019 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

BILL TITLE: A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a group health plan or health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan to provide an exceptions process for any medication step therapy protocol, and for other purposes.

[NOTE: The contents of this legislative update are current as of 06:00 AM on September 30, 2019.]

BILL NUMBER: 116th Congress: Senate Bill 2546 (S.2546)

CHAMBER OF ORIGIN: U.S. Senate

CURRENT CHAMBER: U.S. Senate

For DETAILED LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION on S.2546, visit: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2546

BILL TEXT: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2546/text

ACTIONS-TO-DATE (ordered by most recent first):

09/25/2019 -- Senate -- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

09/25/2019 -- Senate -- Introduced in Senate.

SPONSOR(S)*:

-- Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]

CO-SPONSOR(S)*:

[*Note: Sponsors and co-sponsors are current as of September 25, 2019. For the most up-to-date version of the sponsor and co-sponsor lists, visit: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2546/cosponsors ]

-- Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL]

-- Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]

-- Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]

-- Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS]

-- Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]

-- Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND]

-- Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]

COMMITTEES: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee.