Arizona

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

In Review: Last week, PCMA, several members, and allies from the business community and insurers met with the health policy team of Governor Katie Hobbs (D) to express our concerns about the Governor’s anti-PBM rhetoric and proposals in her State

In Review: Last week, Governor Katie Hobbs (D) delivered her annual State of the State address and made some ill-advised and wrong-headed comments about PBMs. The Governor’s comments were unexpected, given the more than 25,000 Arizonans employed by PBMs in

In Review: Last week, PCMA counsel attended a stakeholder meeting organized by Senator Janae Shamp (R) to discuss her draft legislation addressing frozen formularies, affiliate steering, and auditing requirements. The proponents of the bills focused discussions on the frozen formulary mandates,