In Review: Thursday, Senator Jennae Shamp (R) introduced a Forced Pharmacy Closure bill, SB 1545. This language is a departure from the language the bill sponsor floated before the start of the session, which included only prohibitions on steering and
In Review: Thursday, Senator Jennae Shamp (R) introduced a Forced Pharmacy Closure bill, SB 1545. This language is a departure from the language the bill sponsor floated before the start of the session, which included only prohibitions on steering and
In Review: Last week was the start of the Arizona legislative session, and Representative Selena Bliss (R) filed another version of her dispensing fee bill from last year. This year, HB 2196 mandates actual costs plus a dispensing fee matching
In Review: On Monday, the House Health & Human Services Committee passed the dispensing fee mandate in HB 2208. The proponents of the bill argued that the costs would not be passed on to the patients and that one state
In Review: Last week, PCMA and members met with the Department of Insurance and Financial Institutions (DIFI) to discuss DIFI’s first draft of the regulations implementing the PBM registration bill passed in 2023. Our discussion included questions related to the
In Review: Last week, PCMA attended a Victory Fund Retreat with leaders and members of the House and Senate along with candidates for both chambers. The event provided a great opportunity to reconnect with incumbents as well as to introduce
In Review: Over the weekend, the Arizona legislature finalized the state budget and adjourned sine die. They closed the 2024 session without taking final action on the frozen formulary bill, SB 1164, and so the bill died, but the author
In Review: Last week, Governor Katie Hobbs (D) signed SB 1165, the bill addressing pharmacy audits. The bill in its original form included restrictions on affiliate pharmacies, and PCMA was able to negotiate the affiliate language out of the bill
In Review: Last week was the deadline for committee work in a bill’s house of origin. This means that many of the governor’s anti-PBM and price-setting proposals are dead for this session. We also saw several mandate bills, such as
Up Next: This week, the CEOs of the Greater Phoenix Chamber and the Arizona Chamber published an op-ed hitting back at the Governor’s and legislators’ anti-PBM/Payor proposals. The response was coordinated by our coalition partner, Save Our Benefits Arizona, and
