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Mississippi House passes PBM reform after heated debate; pharmacists’ strike‑all amendment fails
Summary
The House approved HB 16‑65, a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) reform bill that sets reimbursement floors, bans spread pricing and clawbacks, requires transparency and shifts oversight to the Department of Insurance; a strike‑all amendment favored by independent pharmacists failed on a roll call.
The Mississippi House on a contested floor vote passed HB 16‑65, a package aimed at increasing transparency in pharmacy benefit management and raising reimbursement protections for pharmacies.
Sponsor and scope: The sponsor (representative from Jackson) described the measure as a broad rewrite to curb practices that reduce independent pharmacists’ reimbursements, including prohibitions on spread pricing and retroactive clawbacks, a requirement that reimbursement not…
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