In Review: PCMA participated in the third meeting of the Maryland PBM work group this week. The group reviewed existing laws around specialty dispensing and patient out-of-pocket caps and the impact to Marylanders on potential changes to the definition of
In Review: The Senate Finance Committee heard testimony on a bill to expand the authority of the Maryland Insurance Administration to regulate ERISA and self-insured local government and union plans. The Maryland Association of Counties and the DC/Baltimore Building Trades spoke
In Review: The House Government and Operations Committee heard testimony on HB 321, a bill to redefine the term purchaser. Save Our Benefits also coordinated the opposition testimony of multiple union, government, and employer voices against the bill, including that
In Review: For the fourth consecutive year, a bill to redefine the term Purchaser and applying enacted PBM statute to ERISA and self-funded plans has been reintroduced, this time as HB 321 (Del. Kipke). The Maryland group will meet to
In Review: Maryland adjourned its 2024 session this week without enacting any PBM bills tracked by PCMA. Among them were bills dealing with white bagging, pass-through of rebates, copay accumulators, and, most notably, a bill granting the state’s insurance regulators
In Review: The Insurance and Pharmaceuticals subcommittee of the House Health and Government Operations committee met last week to discuss various bills heard by the full committee the week prior, and to discuss amendments to the bills. A copay accumulator
In Review: Legislators in the Senate Finance Committee and the House Health and Government Operations Committee held hearings on various PBM bills last week. On HB 879/SB 595 – a bill to address copay accumulators – PCMA changed its position
Up Next: The Senate Finance and House Health and Government Operations Committees will hold hearings this week on several bills dealing with copay accumulators, specialty dispensing/white bagging, rebate pass-through, and the state’s authority to regulate ERISA plans. PCMA will be
