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Sen. Travis Fitzwater files bill on prescription drug payment transparency
Summary
Senate Bill 45, sponsored by Sen. Travis Fitzwater of Holt Summit, would enact provisions relating to payments for prescription drugs; bill is on the Missouri Senate informal calendar and had no recorded vote in the transcript.
Senator Travis Fitzwater of Holt Summit filed Senate Bill 45, which he says would enact provisions relating to payments for prescription drugs and address transparency around pharmacy benefit managers.
Fitzwater told reporters the measure aims to increase transparency and ensure patients can obtain drugs approved by their doctors. "Pharmacy benefit managers who will tell you how transparency and ensuring that people can get the drugs they need that have been approved by their doctors and the patient, how that somehow raises costs," Fitzwater said.
Senate Bill 45 is currently listed on the Missouri Senate informal calendar and could be taken up for discussion at any time, according to the transcript. The reporter noted there is roughly one month left in the 2025 regular legislative session and that hundreds of measures remain pending.
No formal vote on Senate Bill 45 is recorded in the provided transcript.
