SB103

To Create the Pharmacy Nondiscrimination Act; to Require Pharmacy Benefits Managers to Accept Any Pharmacy or Pharmacist Willing to Accept Relevant and Reasonable Terms of Participation; and to Declare an Emergency.

C. Penzo · 2025 Regular Session · Notification that SB103 is now Act 425 · Act 425

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TO CREATE THE PHARMACY NONDISCRIMINATION ACT; TO REQUIRE PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGERS TO ACCEPT ANY PHARMACY OR PHARMACIST WILLING TO ACCEPT RELEVANT AND REASONABLE TERMS OF PARTICIPATION; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

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14 mentions · 19 meetings · 5 named speakers

Senate Convenes

April 2, 2025

Matched: “…Bill 83 by Senator Bryant. Senate Bill 99 by Senator Penzo. Senate Bill 103 by Senator Penzo. Senate Bill 218 by Senator Irving, Senate…”

...e following. Senate Bill 83 by Senator Bryant. Senate Bill 99 by Senator Penzo. Senate Bill 103 by Senator Penzo. Senate Bill 218 by Senator Irving, Senate Bill 278 by Senator English, Senate Bill 366 by Senator Boyd, Senate Bill 370 by Sen...

Chair · 9:30 in the video

House Convenes

April 1, 2025 · on the agenda

Matched: “SB103 C. Penzo Lundstrum TO CREATE THE PHARMACY NONDISCRIMINATION…”

103. Senate Bill 103 by Representative Lundstrom, to create the Pharmacy Non-Discrimination Act to require pharmacy benefit managers to accept any pharmacy or pharmacist willing to accept relevant and reasonable terms of participation

2:57:12 in the video

bill? Representative Lundstrom is closed for the bill. Question before the House is the passage of Senate Bill 103.

Chair (Representative Brian S. Evans) · 2:57:58 in the video

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SB103 C. Penzo Lundstrum TO CREATE THE PHARMACY NONDISCRIMINATION ACT; TO REQUIRE PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGERS TO ACCEPT ANY PHARMACY OR PHARMACIST WILLING TO ACCEPT RELEVANT AND REASONABLE TERMS OF PARTICIPATION; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

Insurance & Commerce- House

March 31, 2025 · Insurance & Commerce (House) · on the agenda

Matched: “SB103 C. Penzo TO CREATE THE PHARMACY NONDISCRIMINATION ACT; TO R…”

aye. Aye. Any opposed, say no. You have passed your bill. Thank you, colleagues. Senate Bill 103 basically modernizes and strengthens the any willing provider law.

Representative Robin Lundstrum · 1:00:14 in the video

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SB103 C. Penzo TO CREATE THE PHARMACY NONDISCRIMINATION ACT; TO REQUIRE PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGERS TO ACCEPT ANY PHARMACY OR PHARMACIST WILLING TO ACCEPT RELEVANT AND REASONABLE TERMS OF PARTICIPATION; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

Senate Convenes

March 19, 2025 · on the agenda

Matched: “SB103 C. Penzo TO CREATE THE PHARMACY NONDISCRIMINATION ACT; TO R…”

103. Senate Bill 103 by Senator Penzo. To create the Pharmacy Non-Description Act and to require pharmacy benefit managers to accept any pharmacy or pharmacist willing to accept relevant and reasonable

Chair (Senator Missy Irvin) · 52:08 in the video

recognized. Thank you, Madam President. Senate Bill 103 modernizes and strengthens Arkansas's any willing provider laws,

Senator Clint Penzo · 52:29 in the video

the ballot. By vote 34, yea, 0, nay, Senate Bill 103 passes, and

Chair · 54:37 in the video

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SB103 C. Penzo TO CREATE THE PHARMACY NONDISCRIMINATION ACT; TO REQUIRE PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGERS TO ACCEPT ANY PHARMACY OR PHARMACIST WILLING TO ACCEPT RELEVANT AND REASONABLE TERMS OF PARTICIPATION; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

Senate Convenes

March 18, 2025

Matched: “depending on insurance commerce team was Senate Bill 103 by Central Penz I recommend to pass on insurance commerce,…”

Calendar. Committee on Insurance and Commerce, to whom was referred Senate Bill 103 by Senator Penzo, recommended to pass. Calendar. Committee on Insurance and Commerce, to whom was referred Senate Bill 420 by Senator Hester, recommended to...

Chair · 11:27 in the video

Insurance & Commerce - Senate

March 18, 2025 · Insurance & Commerce (Senate)

Matched: “AGENDA (Revised 3/17/2025 @ 3:00 PM) Removed SB103 from Regular Agenda Senate Committee on Insurance and Comme…”

...or your motion. Thank you all for your vote. Members, Senator Penzo has amended Senate Bill 103 and somehow didn't get back on the agenda. I would like to suspend the rules to place Senate Bill 103 that we've already heard and the senator h...

5:21 in the video

Senate Convenes

March 17, 2025 · on the agenda

Matched: “Thank you Madam President, want to withdraw Senate Bill 103 from committee for purposes of amendment. This All those in…”

Thank you Madam President, want to withdraw Senate Bill 103 from committee for purposes of amendment. This All those in favor of

Senator Clint Penzo · 24:46 in the video

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SB103 #1 - TO CREATE THE PHARMACY NONDISCRIMINATION ACT; TO REQUIRE PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGERS TO ACCEPT ANY PHARMACY OR PHARMACIST WILLING TO ACCEPT RELEVANT AND REASONABLE TERMS OF PARTICIPATION; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

Insurance & Commerce - Senate

March 13, 2025 · Insurance & Commerce (Senate) · on the agenda

Matched: “SB103 C. Penzo TO CREATE THE PHARMACY NONDISCRIMINATION ACT; TO R…”

with uh Senate Bill 103. We're going to do the bills that have been in physical impact first. Don't go all the way down there.

1:03 in the video

...nators and committee members, thank you for affording me the time to talk about SB 103, SB 103 is all about expanding access to care, if we don't expand access to care, no matter how many pharmacies that we have in the state, if they can't ...

1:55 in the video

...ssociation representing the country's PBMs. I'm here to testify in opposition to Senate Bill 103 today, as has been mentioned in the committee testimony. Arkansas already is and any willing provider state the law requires that our companies

27:57 in the video

...e Bill 104 committee members and Chair Johnson is, I call it the sister bill to Senate Bill 103. They were split up on purpose because they touched two different areas of the law. Senate Bill 104 makes changes to the PBM Licensure Act and s...

1:01:07 in the video

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