S927Referred to Committee

Protecting Pharmacies in Medicaid Act

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-03-11
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Peter Welch
Peter Welch
Democrat · VT · Senator
Votes with party: 82.9% (809 recorded votes)

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

2025-03-11

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Plain-English Summary

Protecting Pharmacies in Medicaid Act This bill provides funds beginning in FY2026 for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to survey retail and non-retail pharmacies (e.g., mail-order pharmacies) to determine average prices of covered outpatient drugs under Medicaid. Pharmacies that fail to participate in the surveys are subject to civil penalties. The bill additionally provides funds for FY2026 for the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services to study the results of the survey and report accordingly to Congress. The bill also requires pass-through pricing models, and prohibits spread-pricing, for payment arrangements with pharmacy benefit managers under Medicaid.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

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