NACDS is applauding the enactment of Oregon House Bill (HB) 4149. HB 4149 will provide the state with enforcement authority, requiring pharmacy benefit managers to be licensed by the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services beginning January 1, 2025.
HB 596 includes important reforms that will help curb PBM tactics that harm Idahoans and the pharmacies on which they rely.
SB 5213 will provide protections for patient care and for patients’ choice of pharmacy, as well as enforcement authority for the Washington State Insurance Commissioner to hold PBMs accountable.
Data sheets include each of the 50 states and Washington, DC – as well as national polling.
Among key progress, 41 states now permanently allow pharmacy technicians to vaccinate – up from 14 states in September 2021
Looking ahead to 2024, NACDS remains well positioned through its focus on its true identity. NACDS is the membership, and NACDS executes aggressively on the collective and collaborative will of the membership.
Insights support federal pharmacist "provider status" legislation and state efforts to enhance pharmacy access.
NACDS’ all-levels and all-branches of government approach to PBM reform prioritizes the enactment, implementation, enforcement, and oversight of reforms.
Californians rank pharmacies as most accessible healthcare destination
Following smooth transition, Medicaid patients enjoy enhanced pharmacy access
