Pharmacy services; prohibit insurers and PBMs from requiring persons to obtain exclusively through pharmacies that they own.

Summary

The bill bars health insurers and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from requiring covered individuals to obtain prescriptions only from pharmacies in which the insurer or PBM has an ownership stake. It also stops them from designing plans that raise costs when patients choose other pharmacies, from paying lower reimbursements to non‑owned pharmacies, and from denying preferred network status to willing pharmacies. The measure aims to protect consumer choice in pharmacy services.

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