in committeehouseSession: 2025R160% healthcare relevance

HB 2253

Requires pharmacy benefit managers to act as fiduciaries to enrollees when negotiating drug prices and tells the Department of Consumer and Business Services to adopt rules explaining the fiduciary duty requirements and to establish a complaint process for reporting breaches of fiduciary duty.

Official Summary

Digest: This act makes it a condition of licensing that PBMs need to act in a patient's best interest and tells DCBS to make rules. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.1). Requires pharmacy benefit managers to act as fiduciaries to enrollees when negotiating drug prices and tells the Department of Consumer and Business Services to adopt rules explaining the fiduciary duty requirements and to establish a complaint process for reporting breaches of fiduciary duty.

Committee

HBHHC

Sponsors

Rep Wallan

Last Action

In committee upon adjournment.

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Legislative Timeline

bill actionJun 27, 2025

House: In committee upon adjournment.

testimonyFeb 4, 2025

House: Public Hearing held.

bill actionJan 17, 2025

House: Referred to Behavioral Health and Health Care.

bill actionJan 13, 2025

House: First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

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4 events tracked · Jan 13 Jun 27, 2025

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