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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 399 1 of 2 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 446 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2025 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 399 | |
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| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE | |
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| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | SEN. ANWAR, 3rd Dist. | |
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| 18 | 18 | AN ACT CONCERNING PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGER REFORM. | |
| 19 | 19 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 20 | 20 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 22 | 22 | That title 38a of the general statutes be amended to: (1) Prohibit any 1 | |
| 23 | 23 | pharmacy benefits manager from imposing post-transaction fees or 2 | |
| 24 | 24 | implementing reimbursement clawbacks on pharmacies; (2) require that 3 | |
| 25 | 25 | any rebate, discount or financial incentive provided by any drug 4 | |
| 26 | 26 | manufacturer to any pharmacy benefits manager be passed directly to 5 | |
| 27 | 27 | the covered person at the point of sale; (3) decouple any pharmacy 6 | |
| 28 | 28 | benefits manager compensation from the cost of medications; (4) 7 | |
| 29 | 29 | prohibit any pharmacy benefits manager from charging fees for 8 | |
| 30 | 30 | formulary placement or tier-level access; (5) require that any group 9 | |
| 31 | 31 | purchasing organization that contracts with any pharmacy benefits 10 | |
| 32 | 32 | manager in this state be incorporated in the United States and that such 11 | |
| 33 | 33 | group purchasing organization disclose all fees and administrative costs 12 | |
| 34 | 34 | associated with such contracts; (6) prohibit any pharmacy benefits 13 | |
| 35 | 35 | manager from prioritizing more expensive medications over less 14 | |
| 36 | 36 | expensive and clinically appropriate medications; and (7) require that 15 | |
| 37 | 37 | the Attorney General oversee pharmacy benefits manager operations in 16 Proposed Bill No. 446 | |
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| 40 | 40 | LCO No. 399 2 of 2 | |
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| 42 | 42 | this state to ensure compliance with rebate transparency and clawback 17 | |
| 43 | 43 | prohibitions and to establish a duty of care owed by pharmacy benefits 18 | |
| 44 | 44 | managers. 19 | |
| 45 | 45 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 46 | 46 | To reform pharmacy benefits manager practices in this state and | |
| 47 | 47 | establish a duty of care for pharmacy benefits managers. |