STATEMENT TO

SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE, Nos. 2690 and 2727

with Senate Floor Amendments

(Proposed by Senator RUIZ)

ADOPTED: JANUARY 31, 2019

      These Senate amendments prohibit health insurance carriers from charging a covered person a copayment for a prescription drug benefit in an amount that exceeds the cost of the prescription drug that the pharmacy would charge to persons who do not purchase the prescription drug through their health insurance coverage.