The New York Department of Financial Services (“DFS”), which oversees New York’s Pharmacy Benefits Bureau, published proposed regulations regarding Pharmacy Benefit Managers (“PBMs”), which are now in a 60-day comment period. Prior to... Read More
New Jersey’s independent pharmacies will have new tools available to them in the coming months and years after Governor Phil Murphy signed three bills into law in July 2023. The three bills, Senate Bill 1614 (S1614), Senate Bill 1615 (S1615) and... Read More
Florida-based pharmacies and pharmacists have reason to rejoice following the signing of historic pharmacy benefit manager (“PBM”) legislation into law in Florida. Specifically, on May 3, 2023, Governor DeSantis approved Senate Bill 1550 (“SB... Read More
Pharmacies and pharmacists (“licensees”) throughout the country are often anxious after learning that a State Board of Pharmacy (“BOP”) is seeking disciplinary action against them. The fear of challenging a BOP’s allegations, the same... Read More
On Friday, March 3, 2023, the Florida Senate introduced Senate Bill 1550 (“SB 1550”) which would regulate Pharmacy Benefit Managers (“PBMs”) operating in Florida. In January 2023 Governor DeSantis announced proposed legislation designed to... Read More
In October 2022, Pennsylvania’s former Governor Tom Wolf, before leaving office, signed House Bill 1630 (“HB 1630”) into law. HB 1630 grants the Pennsylvania Auditor General authority to audit pharmacy benefit managers (“PBMs”) that... Read More
Since being established in May 2022, New York’s Pharmacy Benefits Bureau (“Bureau”) has requested input from the public on six separate occasions regarding New York’s laws governing Pharmacy Benefit Managers (“PBMs”). The Bureau’s... Read More
In Texas, licensees are informed of the Board of Pharmacy’s (“BOP”) allegations against them through a document called the Statement of Allegations. Some of the information usually contained in the Statement of Allegations includes: (1) a... Read More
State Boards of Pharmacy (“BOPs”) throughout the country are authorized to handle issues with the licensees they regulate, including pharmacies and pharmacists (“licensees”) through various means. For example, the various laws governing BOPs... Read More
State Boards of Pharmacy (“BOPs”) throughout the country are empowered through various laws, rules, and regulations governing administrative agencies, like BOPs, to handle issues with the licensees they regulate, including pharmacies and... Read More
