Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) has signed legislation prohibiting pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) discrimination against 340B covered entities and their contract pharmacies.
Hogan signed HB 1274 into law on May 16. It takes effect Oct. 1. The state House and Senate both passed it unanimously. The state hospital association, national, regional, and state health center associations, and the state chain drug store association backed its passage. National PBM trade group Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA), the Maryland life and health insurance industry association, and health insurer Cigna testified against it.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) has signed legislation prohibiting pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) discrimination against 340B covered entities and their contract pharmacies.
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