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Trump’s FY 2026 Budget Blueprint Includes $33 Billion in HHS Cuts, No Details on 340B Plans

May 2, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

The White House’s Discretionary Budget Request released Friday proposes nearly $94 billion in base discretionary HHS funding—a $33.3 billion cut.

President Donald Trump’s Fiscal Year 2026 budget blueprint released Friday calls for major cuts and shakeups at the U.S. Department [...]

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Hawaii Legislature Passes Amended 340B Contract Pharmacy Access Bill with Limited Reporting Requirements

May 1, 2025 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

On April 30, both chambers of the Hawaii legislature passed an amended 340B contract pharmacy access bill.

Both chambers of the Hawaii Legislature yesterday approved a 340B contract pharmacy access bill with provider reporting requirements following weeks [...]

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California, Texas, Oklahoma Advance 340B Contract Pharmacy Access Bills with Key Amendments

April 29, 2025 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

California lawmakers recently advanced a 340B contract pharmacy access bill through committee but amended it to exclude 340B hospitals.

State legislators in California, Texas and Oklahoma have recently advanced 340B contract pharmacy access bills with amendments that in some [...]

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Stakeholders React to HELP Committee Chair Cassidy’s 340B Probe Findings, Reform Recommendations

April 24, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

340B stakeholders offered mixed responses to the findings of U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy's (R-La.) investigation into the 340B program.

340B hospitals, contract pharmacies, health center advocates and the drug industry offered mixed responses Thursday on the long-awaited findings and [...]

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Senate HELP Committee Chair Cassidy Calls for Federal 340B Reforms, Releases Findings of Yearslong Congressional Probe

April 24, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) laid out a series of potential policies Congress could adopt to “bring much-needed reform to the 340B program” in a 195-page report, which summarized the findings of the investigation he launched in 2023—as the HELP panel’s top Republican—into how certain hospitals, health centers, chain pharmacies and drugmakers operate their 340B programs.

The leader of a key U.S. Senate Committee tasked with overseeing the 340B program called Thursday for Congress to improve [...]

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340B Lobbying Remained Strong in Early 2025, Filings Show

April 24, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Just over 300 firms listed the 340B program in their first quarter lobbying disclosure forms that were due April 21.

While much of the focus in Washington, D.C. has been on confirmation hearings and budget matters, the 340B program continued [...]

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Indiana Legislature Passes Sweeping 340B Hospital Reporting Bill, Sends to Gov. Braun

April 24, 2025 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Both chambers of the Indiana legislature on April 23 passed a 340B hospital reporting bill.

Indiana lawmakers yesterday overwhelmingly approved a bill that would require state hospitals to annually report extensive financial and operational information [...]

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State Contract Pharmacy Lawsuit Roundup: Appellate Court Briefings on 340B Laws in West Virginia, Louisiana

April 24, 2025 William Newton and Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

Key briefs were filed recently in state contract pharmacy litigation in two federal appeals court.

Editor’s Note: With 340B-related litigation heating up in several states following the enactment of new contract pharmacy access laws, 340B [...]

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Leaked HHS Budget Document Details Plans to Move 340B Program to CMS

April 18, 2025 Shannon Young, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

The Trump administration appears to detail its plans to move the 340B program from HRSA to CMS in a reportedly leaked internal budget document.

President Donald Trump’s (R) preliminary budget appears to call for “new authority to regulate all aspects of the 340B program,” [...]

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Tennessee Legislature Approves Scaled-Back Bill Barring Future Drugmaker 340B Restrictions Placed After July 2025

April 17, 2025 William Newton, Associate Editor/Senior Writer Views

The Tennessee House and Senate both passed a scaled-back 340B contract pharmacy access bill on April 16 after a last-minute amendment.

Both chambers of the Tennessee Legislature yesterday passed a scaled-back contract pharmacy access bill that would block manufacturers from placing [...]

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