l9n/ Mississippi

2025 Regular Session

House Bill 1123

Pharmacy benefit managers and pharmacy services administrative organizations; provide certain regulations for.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on April 3, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT SPREAD PRICING; TO REQUIRE EACH DRUG MANUFACTURER TO SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE BOARD OF PHARMACY THAT INCLUDES THE CURRENT WHOLESALE ACQUISITION COST; TO REQUIRE SUCH ENTITIES TO PROVIDE THE BOARD OF PHARMACY WITH VARIOUS DRUG PRICING INFORMATION WITHIN A CERTAIN TIME; TO REQUIRE PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS AND PHARMACY SERVICES ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATIONS TO FILE A REPORT WITH THE BOARD OF PHARMACY; TO REQUIRE EACH HEALTH INSURER TO SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE BOARD OF PHARMACY THAT INCLUDES CERTAIN DRUG PRESCRIPTION INFORMATION; TO REQUIRE THE BOARD OF PHARMACY TO DEVELOP A WEBSITE TO PUBLISH INFORMATION RELATED TO THE ACT; TO PROHIBIT PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS AND PHARMACY SERVICES ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATIONS FROM RETALIATING AGAINST PHARMACISTS OR PHARMACIES FOR TAKING CERTAIN ACTIONS; TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF PHARMACY TO CONDUCT INVESTIGATIONS, ISSUE SUBPOENAS, CONDUCT AUDITS AND IMPOSE A MONETARY PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS RELATED TO THE ACT; TO REQUIRE PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS AND PHARMACY SERVICES ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATIONS TO IDENTIFY OWNERSHIP AFFILIATION OF ANY KIND TO THE BOARD OF PHARMACY; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 73-21-155, 73-21-156 AND 73-21-183, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR THE PURPOSE 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

1 co-sponsor

Jansen Owen

Its course

January 20 to April 3, 2025, 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 action21 actions on 14 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 20 to Jan 233 days

State AffairsJan 20 to Jan 222 days

In the SenateJan 23 to Mar 1248 days

Public Health and WelfareFeb 17 to Mar 415 days

Back in the House of RepresentativesMar 12 to Apr 3 · stopped22 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate committee amendmentPending

  • Senate floor amendmentPending

  • Senate floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Mar 12

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.

In the House of Representatives Jan 20 – Jan 23

  1. Referred to the House committee on State Affairs
  2. Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Passed the House

In the Senate Jan 24 – Mar 12

  1. Sent to the Senate
  2. Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
  3. Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as amended
  4. Tabled in the Senate, subject to being called up again
  5. Taken from the table in the Senate to be considered
  6. Amended in the Senate
  7. Passed the Senate as amended

Back in the House of Representatives Mar 13 – Apr 3

  1. Returned to the House to concur in the Senate's amendments
  2. Declined in the House to concur, and invited a conference
  3. Conferees named in the House: Zuber, Horan and Hood
  4. Conferees named in the Senate: Bryan, Parks and Wiggins
  5. Conference report filed in the House
  6. Conference report filed in the Senate
  7. Motion in the House to recommit lost
  8. Point of order raised in the House
  9. Point of order well taken in the House
  10. Recommitted in the House to the conferees for further conference
  11. Died in conference in the House
All 21 actions, as published