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Utah House passes pharmacy benefit manager transparency bill

Utah House of Representatives · February 7, 2011
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Summary

The House approved the first substitute to HB 16, the Pharmacy Benefits Manager Act, requiring PBMs to report aggregate prescription payment data to health plans while protecting proprietary information; the bill passed 66–2 and will go to the Senate.

The Utah House on Feb. 7 passed the first substitute to House Bill 16, the Pharmacy Benefits Manager (PBM) Act, aimed at giving health benefit plans more visibility into how prescription dollars flow through PBMs and pharmacies. Representative Vickers, sponsor of the substitute, said the change narrows the reporting requirement to aggregate totals and adds provisions to protect proprietary data; he told colleagues the measure does not create a new agency or require a fee.

Supporters said the measure is intended to increase…

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