In Review: The Senate Health and Human Services Committee voted out an amended PBM bill, which PCMA has been working on with the Chair of the committee. The bills introduced contained anti-PBM policies such as ERISA, fiduciary, ban on spread,
In Review: PCMA met with the New Hampshire Insurance Department (NHID) and the staff of Governor Kelly Ayotte (R), updating them on the two anti-PBM bills in the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services. Chair David Rochefort (R) meets
In Review: This week, PCMA testified in opposition to SB 478. Comments were focused on delinking/PBM compensation, ERISA, mail-order, and the conflicting duties of care. PCMA will meet with the Committee Chair and key stakeholders to mitigate the current PBM bills
In Review: The Rural Health Transformation Committee met last week and approved five (5) bills related to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and the state’s application for federal funding. One of those bills concerns pharmacy scope/therapeutic substitution and was approved
In Review: The Senate Health and Human Services Committee has two anti-PBM omnibus bills scheduled for January. PCMA testified on a bill this week that impacts self-funded plans, fiduciary duty, a ban on spread pricing, and affiliate language. Next week, a
In Review: PCMA members met with Sen. Rosenwald (D) to discuss her bill, which would change the definition of PBM to include self-funded plans, fiduciary duty, and a ban on spread pricing. PCMA will testify in the Senate Health and
In Review: A delinking bill was filed by a Republican Senator and will be introduced in the 2026 legislative session. PCMA has already met with the bill’s sponsor and Governor Kelly Ayotte (R) to express our concerns. PCMA will continue
In Review: PCMA has been providing feedback on Senator Tim McGough’s (R) bill related to delinking. We pointed to the costs associated with this policy, as well as the government’s interference with private contracts. The Senate bill filing deadline was
In Review: PCMA met with Governor Kelly Ayotte’s (R) policy staffer to discuss the role of PBMs in the drug supply chain, as well as a Senator’s bill draft dealing with delinking. We had heard from the Senate sponsor that
Up Next: The New Hampshire Department of Insurance will hold a hearing related to Rule Ins 4000—Uniform Reporting System for Health Care Claims Data Sets to collect additional PBM data. PCMA’s legal counsel submitted a letter prior to the hearing
