CaliforniaPrescription drug pricing.
What it does
Existing federal law requires the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter into an agreement with each manufacturer of covered outpatient drugs to ensure the amount a covered entity is required to pay for those drugs does not exceed the average manufacturer price of the drug under the federal Medicaid program. Existing state law requires a covered entity to dispense only drugs subject to these federal pricing requirements to Medi-Cal beneficiaries. Existing law prohibits a pharmacy benefit manager from discriminating against a covered entity or its pharmacy in connection with dispensing a drug subject to federal pricing requirements or preventing a covered entity from retaining the benefit of discounted pricing for those drugs.
More detail
This bill would prohibit a prescription drug manufacturer from engaging in discriminatory practices that would impose additional conditions, prohibit, restrict, deny, or interfere with a qualifying nonhospital 340B community clinic's purchase or delivery of a drug subject to federal pricing requirements if the qualifying nonhospital 340B community clinic utilizes a specified pharmacy, including a contract pharmacy, that dispenses the drug to an eligible patient of the qualifying nonhospital 340B community clinic. The bill would define "discriminatory practices" and "qualifying nonhospital 340B community clinic" for these purposes. The bill would require qualifying nonhospital 340B community clinics to annually perform specified activities to ensure compliance with program rules and guidance from the federal Health Resources and Services Administration. The bill would make related intent statements.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Jul 16In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.Latest
- Jul 2In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- Jun 27From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.Major
- Jun 25In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- May 28Referred to Com. on HEALTH.Minor
- May 20In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.Minor
- May 19Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 44. Noes 6. Page 1589.)Passed Assembly
- Vote recorded AB 1460 Rogers Assembly Third Reading. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 28Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Apr 24Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.Major
- Apr 23From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 4.) (April 22).Major
- Apr 22
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 24Referred to Com. on HEALTH.Minor
- Feb 24Read first time.Minor
- Feb 22From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- Feb 21Introduced. To print.Introduced