Category: State

North Carolina lawmakers are debating whether to grant all 340B covered entities and their contract pharmacies, or only some, protection against discrimination by pharmacy benefit managers.

Last week Thursday, state House and Senate leaders appointed members to a conference committee

Arkansas has temporarily suspended enforcement of the nation’s first state law to address pharmaceutical manufacturer denials of 340B pricing on drugs when they are dispensed by contract pharmacies.

State Insurance Commissioner Alan McClain ordered the 90-day suspension on July

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) is pushing for passage of a package of 13 “Less for Rx” bills to control prescription drug costs, including one to eliminate payer and pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) discrimination against certain 340B covered entities.

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Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) has signed legislation stopping insurers or their pharmacy benefit managers from requiring or pressuring in-network providers to obtain physician-administered drugs exclusively from pharmacies in the insurer’s network.

SB 191, which took effect June

Vermont’s legislature has voted to bar pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from requiring claims modifiers on 340B-purchased drugs, except for claims paid directly or indirectly by Medicaid.

PBMs also would be unable to restrict 340B contract pharmacies’ access to pharmacy networks