State Roundup: Lots of 340B Action as Many Legislatures Conclude Sessions

John Bel Edwards
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) signed a bill making his state the second to stop drug manufacturer interference with 340B contract pharmacy arrangements.

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) has signed legislation making his state just the second with a law addressing manufacturer conditions on deliveries of 340B-acquired drugs to contract pharmacies.

Arkansas’s Act 1103, passed in August 2021, was the first. A

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U.S. Senate “Group of Six” Elaborates on Why it Wants 340B Stakeholder Input

John Thune
"It is critical that the 340B program continues to serve its original purpose of supporting health care providers as they serve the needs of South Dakota patients and communities," Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) said about his and five fellow senators' request for public input on how to improve 340B.

The six U.S. senators who asked Friday morning for ideas on ways to improve the 340B program elaborated on their reasons why in a news release that afternoon.

Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Tammy

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News Alert

Six Democratic and Republican U.S. Senators Ask 340B Stakeholders for “Bipartisan Policy Solutions”

Senate 340B RFI
A bipartisan group of six U.S. senators today sought 340B stakeholders' best advice on subjects including 340B contract pharmacy, duplicate discount prevention, accountability, and ensuring that program benefits accrue to covered entities and their patients.

Six Democratic and Republican U.S. senators this morning asked 340B drug pricing program stakeholders for input on “bipartisan policy solutions that would ensure the program has stability and oversight to continue to achieve its original intention of serving eligible patients.”

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Congressional Republicans Want to Know if 340B Plays a Role in Drug Shortages

Drug shortages
The GOP leaders of two congressional committees want public input on whether 340B program growth leads to drug shortages.

U.S. House Energy & Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) and Senate Finance Committee ranking Republican Mike Crapo (Idaho) are soliciting public input on what’s driving the increase in drug shortages, including whether or not the 340B drug pricing

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Federal Court Hearing Next Week on California’s Medicaid Drug Benefit Transfer; Bill Introduced in N.J. with 340B Implications

U.S. District Court Sacramento
A federal district judge in Sacramento, Calif., is holding arguments next week in a lawsuit to reverse the state’s transfer of Medicaid managed care benefits to Medicaid fee for service.

A federal district judge in Sacramento, Calif., is holding oral arguments next week in a lawsuit aimed at reversing the state’s January 2022 transfer of Medicaid managed care benefits to Medicaid fee for service.

Meanwhile, a bill was introduced

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Nevada Legislature Passes 340B Nondiscrimination Bill

Nevada state capitol
Nevada lawmakers passed and sent to the governor a bill to stop PBM and insurance company discrimination against 340B covered entities.

Nevada lawmakers have unanimously passed and sent to the state’s governor legislation prohibiting pharmacy benefit managers and health insurance carriers from discriminating against 340B covered entities and their contract pharmacies.

The state Assembly voted 42-0 on June 3 and the

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Final Connecticut Bill Excludes Both 340B Transparency and Contract Pharmacy Provisions

Connecticut Senate
The Connecticut Senate gave final passage to legislation that bars PBM discrimination against 340B entities. But it does not bar manufacturers from limiting contract pharmacy use in 340B nor require 340B entities to report on their program savings.

Connecticut will not, after all, be the first state to require 340B covered entities to file reports on their 340B program savings and how they use them, under a bill the state Senate gave final passage to late last night.

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Protest Held at Indiana Congressman’s State Office Against His 340B Hospital Reporting Bill

AHF Bucshon
AIDS Healthcare Foundation advocates marched yesterday outside U.S. Rep. Larry Bucshon's (R-Ind.) Terre Haute, Ind., office to protest Bucshon's bill to impose reporting requirements on 340B hospitals and potentially other covered entities.

AIDS Healthcare Foundation staged a march yesterday outside U.S. Rep. Larry Bucshon’s (R-Ind.) Terre Haute office to protest his bill that would require 340B disproportionate share hospitals to report data about patients who get 340B drugs, spending on charity care,

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News Alert

Connecticut Looks Like It Will Be First State to Require 340B Covered Entity Reporting

Connecticut state capitol
Connecticut state senators introduced a bill that would implement annual 340B provider reporting requirements shortly after a health office reporting to the governor proposed similar legislation.

Connecticut lawmakers are expected soon to pass a significantly revised version of Gov. Ned Lamont’s (D) health care cost reduction bill stripped of language that would have barred drug manufacturers from limiting use of contract pharmacies and imposing other conditions

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Louisiana Is Poised to be Second State to Enact 340B Contract Pharmacy Law

Louisiana state capitol
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) is expected to sign a bill prohibiting drug company limits on 340B contract pharmacy relationships and pharmacy benefit manager encroachment on health care providers’ 340B program revenue.

The Louisiana Senate voted unanimously Sunday to pass and send to Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) a bill prohibiting drug manufacturer limits on 340B contract pharmacy relationships and pharmacy benefit manager encroachment on health care providers’ 340B program revenues.

Edwards

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