Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Insurance Committee on January 31, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.
2023 Regular Session
House Bill 1298
Pharmacy benefit managers; require to use national average drug acquisition cost.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REQUIRE PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS TO UTILIZE AND ADHERE TO THE NATIONAL AVERAGE DRUG ACQUISITION COST THAT APPEARS ON THE NATIONAL AVERAGE DRUG ACQUISITION COST LIST WHEN DETERMINING THE INGREDIENT DRUG PRODUCT COMPONENT OF A PHARMACY'S REIMBURSEMENT FOR DRUGS; TO PROHIBIT A PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGER FROM PAYING OR REIMBURSING A PHARMACY OR PHARMACIST FOR THE INGREDIENT DRUG PRODUCT COMPONENT OF PHARMACIST SERVICES IN AN AMOUNT THAT IS LESS THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE DRUG ACQUISITION COST; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 73-21-156, 73-21-153, 73-21-155, 73-21-157, 73-21-159, 73-21-161, 73-21-163, 83-9-6 AND 83-9-6.4, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH RELATE TO THE PHARMACY BENEFIT PROMPT PAY ACT AND ACCIDENT AND HEALTH INSURANCE, FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
January 16 to January 31, 2023, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesJan 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days
InsuranceJan 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.