To ensure access to prescription medication and community pharmacies

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This bill aims to regulate Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) and their contracts with pharmacies. It would require PBMs to pay pharmacies at least what the state Medicaid program pays, prohibit certain retroactive fees, and ensure payments to non-affiliated pharmacies are equal to or greater than payments to affiliated ones. The bill also establishes rules for setting maximum allowable costs for drugs, allows pharmacies to appeal these costs, and prevents PBMs from steering patients to specific pharmacies they own.

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