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SB 478 (2026)

Add various laws on prescription drug costs, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs)

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Last updated 2025-12-01 4:45 pm
Summary:

Makes various changes to state laws regulating prescription drug costs and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). According to the bill's Statement of Purpose, "The purpose of this act is to enhance transparency to the New Hampshire insurance department (NHID) while protecting competitively sensitive information, delink PBM compensation from drug prices in state-administered plans and make a delinked, pass-through option broadly available to employers, assure fair, competitive pharmacy networks without retroactive claim recoupments, protect 340B safety-net care from discriminatory reimbursement, promote clinically driven formularies with clear exceptions pathways, expand access to biosimilars and other lower-net-cost therapies, and offer consumers optional monthly out-of-pocket smoothing."

Bill Sponsor:
Tim McGough
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