Virginia Legislature Passes 340B Bill, One of at Least 14 States With 340B Legislation This Year

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The Virginia House of Delegates and Senate both overwhelmingly passed a bill to prohibit drugmaker 340B contract pharmacy restrictions in the state.

The Virginia General Assembly has passed legislation to stop insurers and their pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from discriminating against 340B grantee covered entities and their contract pharmacies. Hospitals would be excluded from protection.

Virginia health centers say Gov. Glenn Youngkin

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Michigan Governor Signs Three Bills Addressing PBM and Insurer Discrimination Against 340B Entities and Contract Pharmacies

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) signed three bills today that prohibit PBMs and insurance carriers from discriminating against 340B covered entities and contract pharmacies.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) signed three bills today that prohibit pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and insurance carriers from discriminating against 340B covered entities and their contract pharmacies.

HB 4348 says PBMs and insurers shall not prohibit entities or

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North Carolina Enacts PBM Oversight Law Protecting Most 340B Covered Entities

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) recently signed into law a new bill that gives some 340B covered entities protection from so-called discriminatory reimbursement cuts and restrictive contracting terms. Photo credit: Gov. Roy Cooper's office via Twitter.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) signed into law yesterday a bill that imposes greater oversight of pharmacy benefit managers and protects most categories of 340B entities from so called discriminatory reimbursement and contracting practices.  Disproportionate share hospitals (DSH), children’s

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16 States Have Passed Laws Since 2019 Targeting PBMs’ 340B Payment Cuts

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A new tally of state laws and a new white paper are the latest signs of states' growing role in policing PBM efforts to ratchet down reimbursement for 340B-purchased drugs. | Shutterstock

Sixteen states have passed laws since 2019 addressing pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) discrimination against 340B covered entities, according to a draft summary of state action on the subject circulating among community health center advocates.

Meanwhile, two longtime 340B program policy

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Montana Enacts Expansive Bill Intended to Protect 340B Providers

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte (R) signed a bill last week forbidding PBMs from reimibursing 340B covered entities and their contract pharmacies less for drugs than other pharmacies.

Montana has passed a law barring pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from excluding 340B contract pharmacies from participating in their networks.

SB 395, known as the Montana Pharmacy Benefit Manager Oversight Act, was signed into law last week by

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North Dakota Is the Latest State to Pass a 340B Non-Discrimination Law

The North Dakota legislature (above) passed, and Gov. Doug Burgum (R) has signed, legislation prohibiting pharmacy benefit managers from discriminating against 340B covered entities or their contract pharmacies.

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R) has signed legislation prohibiting pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from discriminating against 340B covered entities or their contract pharmacies.

Burgum’s approval of H.B. 1492 on April 21 made North Dakota one of six states

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340B Non-Discrimination Bills Signed in Arkansas and Indiana and Passed in Tennessee

Tennessee lawmakers this week passed a 340B non-discrimination bill, sending it to Gov. Bill Lee for his signature.

Arkansas’s and Indiana’s governors have signed bills in recent days to prevent pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from discriminating against 340B covered entities, and a similar bill is awaiting the Tennessee governor’s signature.

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) signed his state’s

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