Senate committee debates H.266 reporting requirements for hospitals in 340B drug program

The Senate Health and Welfare Committee on May 1 debated proposed changes to H.266 that would require Vermont hospitals participating in the federal 340B drug-pricing program to submit annual reports to the Green Mountain Care Board detailing drug acquisition costs, payments by distribution channel, and vendor arrangements.

Committee members and witnesses spent most of the session on Section 2 of the bill, which would add an annual reporting requirement to Title 18 related to the 340B program. Ben Hardy of the Office of Legislative Counsel summarized the draft language, saying the section would require each hospital participating in the federal 340B program to submit a report “in a form and manner prescribed by the board” and that reports would be posted on the Green Mountain Care Board website. Hardy also said the reporting provisions would be repealed on Jan. 1, 2031, and that the first reports would be due Jan. 30, 2026.

Devin Green, policy director at the Vermont Association on Hospitals and Health Systems, described technical changes the hospital association supports for the bill’s…