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Lawmakers hear bills to expand access to specialty medications and allow non-network dispensing
Summary
Senate Bill 734 and House Bill 1322 were presented to the Joint Committee on Financial Services with supporters saying the measures would let qualified non‑network pharmacies dispense specialty medications and reduce treatment delays.
BOSTON — Lawmakers heard testimony supporting legislation to ease access to specialty medications by expanding the number of pharmacies that may dispense them and by reducing PBM-imposed administrative barriers.
Senator Jamie Eldridge testified in support of Senate Bill 734, "an act ensuring access to specialty medications," which he said would define specialty drugs as those requiring special handling, administration or monitoring and would bar insurers from preventing non-network pharmacies that can meet those requirements from…
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