SB 1094: Prescription drugs.
The bill aims to amend existing laws related to pharmacy and health insurance to expand prescription drug coverage. Currently, pharmacists can substitute certain biological products with alternative products that are interchangeable or biosimilar, but this bill would also allow them to do so for biosimilar drugs. Health insurance policies would no longer be able to limit or exclude coverage for approved prescription drugs if the insured continues to receive them and they remain medically necessary. However, health care service plans and insurance companies can still require enrollees or insureds to try generic or biosimilar alternatives if certain conditions are met.
| Aug. 19, 2026 | Ordered to third reading. |
| Aug. 19, 2026 | Read third time and amended. |
| Aug. 13, 2026 | Read second time. Ordered to third reading. |
| Aug. 13, 2026 | From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 13). |
| Aug. 13, 2026 | Assembly Rule 63 suspended. |