Category: Legislative

Tennessee Bill Targeting 340B In-Kind Funding Heads to Governor’s Desk

April 4, 2024 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

The Tennessee legislature cleared a bill, by state Rep. Esther Helton-Haynes (R), that tightens requirements for 340B in-kind funding for STD clinics.

Sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinics in Tennessee may soon have to enter into contracts to receive 340B in-kind funding—and for-profit [...]

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340B Stakeholders Clash on Patient Definition, 340B Spending Requirements in Comments on Senate ‘Group of Six’ Draft Overhaul

April 4, 2024 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Advocacy groups for providers and drugmakers had diverging views in their comments on a draft Senate 340B overhaul.

Stakeholders disagreed on whether Congress should codify a new 340B patient definition or restrict how providers use 340B savings, in [...]

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Contract Pharmacies Have Proliferated, Conservative Group Says, Citing Data from Pharma-Funded Think Tank

April 4, 2024 Rich Daly, Editor in Chief Views

A Paragon Health Institute analysis found the share of 340B contract pharmacies per covered entity has increased in recent years.

Active 340B contract pharmacies reached 17,250 in 2024, according to a conservative think tank using data collected by another group funded by [...]

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Four More Drugmakers to End 340B Contract Pharmacy Restrictions in Arkansas Following Appeals Court Decision

April 2, 2024 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

At least nine drugmakers have modified their contract pharmacy restrictions in Arkansas after the state said it planned to enforce its 340B law following an appeals court decision. An additional nine manufacturers loosened restrictions prior to the court decision.

Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS), Amgen, and Bayer became the latest drugmakers to formally exempt Arkansas providers from their 340B contract [...]

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West Virginia Providers Praise Newly Passed State 340B Contract Pharmacy Protection Law

March 28, 2024 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

West Virginia providers said they strongly support the 340B contract pharmacy protection bill that Gov. Jim Justice (R) signed into law on March 27.

West Virginia provider groups are applauding a newly passed law to bar drugmaker 340B contract pharmacy restrictions in the state [...]

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Mississippi Senate Committee Approves State House’s 340B Contract Pharmacy, PBM Bill

March 28, 2024 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Chad Netterville, director of the MHA Center for Rural Health, said Mississippi's 340B contract pharmacy bill is "seeing more opposition" as it advances in the state legislature but he remains optimistic about its passage.

Two weeks after the Mississippi House passed a bill to bar drugmaker 340B contract pharmacy restrictions and certain 340B-specific pharmacy [...]

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As Deadline Approaches, First Stakeholders Respond to Senate Group of Six Draft 340B Overhaul

March 28, 2024 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

The deadline for stakeholders to respond to the bipartisan senate "group of six" 340B draft 340B overhaul is April 1.

Less than four days remain for stakeholders to comment on the highly anticipated bipartisan senate draft 340B program overhaul, and [...]

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West Virginia Becomes Third State to Enact 340B Contract Pharmacy Protection Law

March 27, 2024 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

W.Va. Gov. Jim Justice (R) signed a bill prohibiting drugmaker 340B contract pharmacy restrictions, which will take effect on June 6.

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (R) signed into law today a bill to prohibit drugmaker 340B contract pharmacy restrictions, making [...]

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Kansas State Lawmakers Pass 340B Contract Pharmacy Protections in Separate Budget Bills But Face Resistance from House Speaker and Certain Advocacy Groups

March 26, 2024 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Both Kansas state legislative chambers passed budget bills that included amendments to bar drugmaker 340B contract pharmacy restrictions.

The Kansas state house and senate have passed separate budget bills with late added amendments to prohibit drugmaker 340B contract [...]

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As Arkansas Prepares to Enforce 340B Contract Pharmacy Law, Major Drugmaker Files Suit and PhRMA Plans to Seek 8th Circuit Rehearing

March 26, 2024 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Drugmaker AstraZeneca filed suit against Arkansas' 340B contract pharmacy law, shortly after it was upheld by a federal appeals court.

After a federal appeals court upheld Arkansas’ 340B contract pharmacy access law, a major drug manufacturer has asked a federal [...]

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