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Sponsors pitch narrow limits on 'white‑bagging' to prevent treatment delays
Summary
Rep. Gail Manning and Vice Chair Meredith Craig said HB682 would create a narrow exception to white‑bagging rules so community practices and independent hospitals can use on‑site pharmacy stock when delivery delays or dosage changes would jeopardize patient care; sponsors said the bill excludes large hospital systems and focuses on safety for chronic, complex, rare, and life‑threatening cases.
Representative Gail Manning and co‑sponsor Vice Chair Meredith Craig presented House Bill 682 to the House Insurance Committee, describing a narrowly tailored patient protection that would limit the insurer practice known as "white‑bagging" in specific circumstances. Manning said white‑bagging—when a plan requires medications to be dispensed by a specific specialty pharmacy and shipped directly to the provider for administration—can result in patients arriving for infusions only to learn medication delivery has been delayed or the…
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