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Committee approves bill to protect employeeschoice of pharmacy
Summary
The House Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee approved House Bill 1442, sponsored by Rep. Brandon Aker, to limit employer steering of employees to employer-owned pharmacies while preserving carve-outs and waivers for certain operational arrangements.
Rep. Brandon Aker (R-71) told the House Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee that House Bill 1442 would preserve patientsability to choose their pharmacy while still allowing employers to pass savings to employees.
The bill, Aker said, targets practices that effectively steer employees to employer-owned or employer-directed pharmacies. "The bill before you today . . . really centers around, some investigations into whether or not we have any sort of enforcement or guarantees for patients to exercise…
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