Senate committee advances bill banning insurer 'white‑bagging' for physician‑administered drugs

The Mississippi Senate Insurance Committee on May 20 advanced Senate Bill 2712, a measure that would prohibit health insurers and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from requiring that physician‑administered specialty medications be routed outside a treating facility for patient pickup or home delivery.

Senator Boyd, the bill’s author, told the committee the measure targets so‑called “white‑bagging” and “brown‑bagging” practices, in which insurers or PBMs require drugs be supplied by a specialty pharmacy rather than stocked by the treating provider. Boyd said the bill applies only to physician‑administered drugs and not to…