HB1150
To Prohibit a Pharmacy Benefits Manager from Obtaining Certain Pharmacy Permits.
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TO PROHIBIT A PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGER FROM OBTAINING CERTAIN PHARMACY PERMITS.
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House Reconvenes for Sine Die
Matched: “…ncurrent resolution 1008. House Concurrent resolution 1011. House Bill 1150 at 624. House Bill 1171, Act 625. House Bill 1320, Act 626.…”
...al assembly house concurrent resolution 1008 house concurrent resolution 10 11. house bill 1150 act 624 house bill 1171 act 625 house bill 1320 act 626 house bill 1333 act 627 house bill 1424 act 628 house bill 1440 act 629 house bill 1531 ...
Senate Convenes
Matched: “HB1150 J. Moore Hammer TO PROHIBIT A PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGER FRO…”
House Bill 1150, correct? House Bill 1150 by Representative Moore and Senator
...e of which this bill has been heard. Some legislators have raised concerns that House Bill 1150 could limit access for military families and veterans enrolled in TRICARE. The reality is the opposite. House Bill 1150 would strengthen TRICARE...
...ocal non-PBM-affiliated pharmacy. Military-based pharmacies are not impacted by House Bill 1150 and will provide the continuing of service to our military and their families. If Express Grips pulled out of pharmacy ownership, Tricare patien...
House Bill 1150 restores TRICARE's leverage to demand better outcomes for military families instead of being beholden to a self-interest vendor. Another issue that was raised I'd like to go ahead and address is that specialty drug patients ...
and gives patients more reliable options. There's also a claim that House Bill 1150 reduces pharmacy access. The reality is House Bill 1150 improves access and patient choice. House Bill 1150 does not ban any pharmacy from operating Arkansa...
...is what the bill does. Number two, requiring a company in violation of Arkansas House Bill 1150 divest its pharmacy business if it wishes to operate a retail or mail-order pharmacy serving Arkansas patients. The third thing that the bill do...
...llion. This included closing or selling 29 retail pharmacies. But here's the one, and this is January, or no, February 16th, 2025. Again, I believe this is before HB 1150 was introduced. And this is, you can look it up, it's from U.S. News.
...n 2022 and 2024, 900 locations. They've already closed. They opened 100. They closed 900, and the closures are part of a strategic plan launched in November 2021, long before HB 1150 with and that's why I will be voting yes for 1150. OK, is
House Bill 1150 has passed. Please return to the House. All right, we are now on. Okay, let's
Senate Convenes
Matched: “…pass. Calendar. Committee on Insurance Commerce, who is for House Bill 1150, by Representative Moore, Mayor, recommend you pass. Calend…”
...e on Insurance and Commerce to whom was referred to Senate Bill 621 by Senator Irving, recommended to pass. Calendar. Committee on Insurance Commerce, who is for House Bill 1150, by Representative Moore, Mayor, recommend you pass. Calendar.
speculate here that aside from maybe prison correspondence and HB 1150 that we're going to hear tomorrow,
Insurance & Commerce - Senate
Matched: “doing the best you can do. Alright, we're gonna go to House Bill 1150. I”
all right we're going to go to house bill 1150. we
you and you're recognized Senator. Thank you. House Bill 1150 is a simple bill. It stops anti-competitive acts of monopolies who have raised prescription drug prices and stripping access from Arkansans. It simply says you can't be a PBM tha...
...'s not competition. That's actually a monopoly. I want to talk to you about why House Bill 1150 matters so much to Arkansans, patients, and communities. Right now, pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, are steering patients to out-of-state ma...
...nts, but also for providers or employers and health care plans across Arkansas. House Bill 1150 changes that. It gives patients the option to fill prescriptions at the local community pharmacy or even at their local hospital pharmacy or hav...
sure there are no disruption in care. House Bill 1150 also has support of Arkansas Attorney General. As a veteran, he sees firsthand how monopolistic PBM practices disrupt access to care, forcing him and his family to switch pharmacies repe...
nonprofit organization that deals with mental health for adults and children as well as primary care counseling and therapy. I'm in front of you to urge you to vote yes on HB 1150. As you can tell this is my first time talking in public.
...lled to be here today to support my colleagues and to witness what i truly believe is history in the making house bill 1150 is more than just state legislation it's a national statement it says that arkansas is ready to stand up against the
...s an organization we remain opposed to the bill as it's written now in our view hb 1150 is simply bill that says a pharmacy benefit manager who owns a pharmacy must decide to be a PBM or a pharmacist in Arkansas because it can't be both. Wh...
...UAMS where I studied pharmacy. I'm here today to express my deep concerns about House Bill 1150 and the devastating impact it will have not only on me and my colleagues, but on the patients we serve every day. Let me be clear, if this bill ...
Today, I urge you to vote no on HB 1150. I'm asking you to consider the real human cost of this legislation. I'm asking you to think about the patients who will suffer, the communities that will be disrupted, and the hundreds of Arkansans, ...
...commonly interact with pharmacy. However, I urge the committee to consider that House Bill 1150 will have enormous consequences across the health care system that you may not be taking fully into account, especially for specialized long-ter...
...se consider the voices of Arkansas long-term care providers, the families we serve, and the patients who depend on us. We urge you to vote no on House Bill 1150 and work with us to find alternative solutions to strengthen care in our state.
a specialty pharmacy, and we do oppose the House Bill 1150 due to the negative impact to Arkansas patients. We are an accredited specialty pharmacy that serves patients with rare, complex, and chronic health conditions, including cancer, he...
House Convenes
Matched: “HB1150 J. Moore TO PROHIBIT A PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGER FROM OBTAI…”
74 years, 10 nays, and 5 present, the bill has passed. Madam Clerk, please read House Bill 1150. 1150 by
explain the bill thank you mr. speaker colleagues house bill 1150 will effectively prohibit pharmacy benefit
...ghlands Oncology if you see my rather serious demeanor today here at this well it's because when I filed this bill three months ago the very first week of session since that day lie after lie after lie has been spread about House Bill 1150.
is closed for the bill. The question before the House is the passage of House Bill 1150. Prepare the machine, Madam
Insurance & Commerce- House
Matched: “HB1150 J. Moore TO PROHIBIT A PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGER FROM OBTAI…”
moving right along we have representative moore presenting house bill 1150 if you would please go to the end of the table recognize yourself and you may present your bill
House Bill 1150. If you would, please go to the end of the table. Recognize yourself, and you may present your bill. Thank you, Mr. Chair,
House Bill 1150 is unique, and I had full two pages of comments prepared, but I'm just going to speak from the heart, if you will. I represent parts of five counties, 127 miles from top to bottom for District 61. I represent possibly more p...
And in fact, some hospitals are blatantly in support of House Bill 1150. One thing you know about me is that I'm pretty up front, I'm pretty direct with all of you. If I'm for you, I'm for you. If I'm against you, I'll tell you before I spe...
Arkansas Pharmacy Association. So House Bill 1150 does not force closures. It gives PBMs that own pharmacies the choice of whether they want to be a PBM or a pharmacy. Pick one or the other. The conflicts of interest that have been exposed ...
...make some comments about the theoretical impact of this direction of this bill. HB 1150 is a simple bill that says a pharmacy benefit manager who owns a pharmacy must decide to be a PBM or a pharmacist in Arkansas because it can't be both u...
...noon. Members of the committee, my name is Lynette Washington, and I am the Director of Pharmacy Practice at Acredo Health Group, and I'm testifying in opposition to House Bill 1150 and the impact it would have on current patients utilizing
...tep-by-step instructions for self-administration and monitoring. The passage of House Bill 1150 could disrupt Arkansas patients' access to life-sustaining medications and infusion pumps, leaving them without a timely solution. Most Arkansas...
...where I studied pharmacy. Today, I'm here to personally share my concerns about HB 1150 and the harm it will do to the patients we serve and the colleagues that I work with every day. As you hear testimony today, I'd like to plainly say tha...
...r community, including locally operated pharmacies. It's an avidist belief that House Bill 1150, as I'm admitted, will result in lots of unintended consequences that will bring patient disruption, patient confusion, and patient access issue...
...y important to me, which is access to patient care. We have deep concerns about House Bill 1150 for these these access reasons. I want, I want to talk a little bit about my history. I've spent 15 years in the pharmacy profession as a pharma...
Insurance & Commerce- House
Matched: “…STATE AND PUBLIC SCHOOL LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM. HB1150 J. Moore TO PROHIBIT A PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGER FROM OBTAI…”
Insurance & Commerce- House
Matched: “HB1150 J. Moore TO PROHIBIT A PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGER FROM OBTAI…”
...e're definitely going to hear that one. Wednesday, um, we had scheduled to hear HB 1150, um, that is represented Mooreville, and so if that's available, um, we are going to hear that and then any others that we can. I'm just want to let y'a...
Insurance & Commerce- House
Matched: “AGENDA (Revised 3/19/2025 @ 8:30 AM) Added HB1150 and Removed HB1240 from Regular Agenda House Committee on I…”
Insurance & Commerce- House
Matched: “…STATE AND PUBLIC SCHOOL LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM. HB1150 J. Moore TO PROHIBIT A PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGER FROM OBTAI…”
Insurance & Commerce- House
Matched: “…STATE AND PUBLIC SCHOOL LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM. HB1150 J. Moore TO PROHIBIT A PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGER FROM OBTAI…”
Insurance & Commerce- House
Matched: “…STATE AND PUBLIC SCHOOL LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM. HB1150 J. Moore TO PROHIBIT A PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGER FROM OBTAI…”
Insurance & Commerce- House
Matched: “…STATE AND PUBLIC SCHOOL LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM. HB1150 J. Moore TO PROHIBIT A PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGER FROM OBTAI…”
Insurance & Commerce- House
Matched: “…STATE AND PUBLIC SCHOOL LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM. HB1150 J. Moore TO PROHIBIT A PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGER FROM OBTAI…”
Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee- House
Matched: “…some other bills in the future, one of them being, I think HB 1150 that's outside the scope of this that I think we'll work on…”
...loss of that will really help. And there are some other bills in the future, one of them being, I think HB 1150 that's outside the scope of this that I think we'll work on together that will help both hospitals and small pharmacies. So with
Insurance & Commerce- House
Matched: “HB1150 J. Moore TO PROHIBIT A HEALTHCARE PAYOR OR A PHARMACY BENEF…”
Insurance & Commerce- House
Matched: “HB1150 J. Moore TO PROHIBIT A HEALTHCARE PAYOR OR A PHARMACY BENEF…”
Insurance & Commerce- House
Matched: “HB1150 J. Moore TO PROHIBIT A HEALTHCARE PAYOR OR A PHARMACY BENEF…”
Documents (13)
- Agenda — INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE, Apr 8, 2025 · April 8, 2025
- Agenda — INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE, Apr 2, 2025 · April 2, 2025
- Agenda — INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE, Mar 31, 2025 · March 31, 2025
- Agenda — INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE, Mar 19, 2025 · March 19, 2025
- Agenda — INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE, Mar 19, 2025 · March 19, 2025
- Agenda — INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE, Mar 12, 2025 · March 12, 2025
- Agenda — INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE, Mar 5, 2025 · March 5, 2025
- Agenda — INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE, Feb 26, 2025 · Feb. 26, 2025
- Agenda — INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE, Feb 19, 2025 · Feb. 19, 2025
- Agenda — INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE, Feb 12, 2025 · Feb. 12, 2025
- Agenda — INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE, Feb 5, 2025 · Feb. 5, 2025
- Agenda — INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE, Feb 5, 2025 · Feb. 5, 2025
- Agenda — INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE, Jan 29, 2025 · Jan. 29, 2025