Average annual healthcare cost in all 50 states


SB 1000

Requires health insurance commissioner/Medicaid director convene a working group to develop models for reforming payment for healthcare insurers based on advanced value-based payment with annual reports to general assembly


HB 5678

Regulates price increases for prescription drugs.


SB 874

Requires the attorney general to contract and work with a third-party auditor to analyze the practices of pharmacy benefit managers doing business in the state.


HB 6218

Defines step therapy and prohibit certain groups and agreements from requiring prior authorization or a step therapy protocol when prescribing certain medications.


SB 573 (see companion bill HB 5679)

Requires prescription drug manufacturers to file a detailed, updated list of each pharmaceutical sales representative engaged by the manufacturer and to pay an annual fee for each name on list.


HB 5507

A prescription drug advisory board is created to evaluate drug prices in an attempt to make them more affordable.


HB 6159 (see companion bill SB 799)

Includes any costs paid by an enrollee or on behalf of the enrollee by a third party when calculating an enrollee’s overall contribution to any out-of-pocket maximum or cost sharing requirement under a health plan as of January 1, 2024


SB 799 (see companion bill HB 6159)

Includes any costs paid by an enrollee or on behalf of the enrollee by a third party when calculating an enrollee’s overall contribution to any out-of-pocket maximum or cost sharing requirement under a health plan as of January 1, 2024


SB 23 (see companion bill HB 5426)

Guarantees availability of coverage to eligible residents of state and does not limit or exclude coverage by imposing a preexisting condition exclusion.