SB544
To Amend the Arkansas Pharmacy Benefits Manager Licensure Act.
M. Johnson · 2025 Regular Session · Notification that SB544 is now Act 775
· Act 775
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TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGER LICENSURE ACT.
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13 mentions · 10 meetings · 5 named speakers
May 5, 2025
Matched: “Acts 770. For Senate Bill 544 Act 775, cynical 72 Acts 776 Senate Bill 92 Acts 777. Senat…”
...te Bill 584, Act 768, Senate Bill 590, Act 769, Senate Bill 592, Act 770, Senate Bill 600, Act 771, Senate Bill 311, Act 772, Senate Bill 475, Act 773, Senate Bill 527, Act 774, Senate Bill 544, Act 775, Senate Bill 72, Act 776, Senate Bill
April 15, 2025
Matched: “Senate Bill 544 by Senator Mark Johnson, Senate Bill 547 by Senator Sulliva…”
Senate Bill 544 by Senator Mark Johnson, Senate Bill 547 by Senator Sullivan, Senate Bill 551 by Senator Hammer, Senate Bill 555 by Senator Scott, Senate Bill 559 by Senator English, Senate Bill 560 by Senator English, Senate Bill 563 by Se...
April 14, 2025
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Matched: “SB544 M. Johnson Gazaway TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS PHARMACY BENEFITS…”
Clerk, please read Senate Bill 544. 544 by Representative
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April 10, 2025
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Matched: “SB544 M. Johnson Gazaway TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS PHARMACY BENEFITS…”
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April 9, 2025 · Insurance & Commerce (House)
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Matched: “SB544 M. Johnson TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGER…”
bill. I do. This is, I believe, SB 544.
Arkansas Pharmacists Association. I'm State Representative Jimmy Gassaway, District 31. Members, before you have Senate Bill 544, which is an act to amend the Arkansas Pharmacy Benefit Manager Licensure Act.
more in depth you may proceed mr benson thank you mr chair so senate bill 544 that just got an overview of has a few new definitions that are already in existing they're in existence in contract but it cleans up definitions for the insuranc...
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April 7, 2025 · Insurance & Commerce (House)
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Matched: “…CASH SURRENDER VALUE ACCORDING TO THE TERMS OF THE POLICY. SB544 M. Johnson TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGER…”
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April 7, 2025 · Insurance & Commerce (House)
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Matched: “…CASH SURRENDER VALUE ACCORDING TO THE TERMS OF THE POLICY. SB544 M. Johnson TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGER…”
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April 2, 2025
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Matched: “SB544 M. Johnson TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGER…”
emergency clause is adopted. Please transmit to the House. Senate Bill 544.
...cement capabilities and protect consumers using the original PBM Licensure Act. Senate Bill 544 is simply an enforcement and improvements to the bill. It allows, it makes several definition updates. It says that any existing contract that s...
1 present. Senate Bill 554 passes. Please transmit to the House. Oh, I said 564. I apologize. Senate Bill 544 passes. Please transmit to the House. And now we're going to take up
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April 1, 2025
Matched: “…Du pass. calendar coming on insurance commerce and was for Senate Bill 544 by Senator Mark Johnson, recommend to pass calendar Committ…”
...ass. Calendar. Committee on Insurance Commerce, to whom is for Senate Bill 519, by Senator Boyd, recommended you pass. Calendar. Committee on Insurance Commerce, to whom is for Senate Bill 544, by Senator Mark Johnson, recommended you pass.
April 1, 2025 · Insurance & Commerce (Senate)
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Matched: “So it's the Senate Bill 544. You can present it from there, Senator Johnson. All right.”
is senate bill 544 you can present it from there
basically this is the the Senate bill 544 is the Arkansas pharmacy benefits manager licensure act and this is yet another attempt to try to get some clarity and transparency to PBMs and how they work the most important thing probably in thi...
Senate Bill 544 does have a combination of cleanup of definitions and some new authority to the insurance commissioner. The first part on the definition piece is talking about opt-out contracts, and those are contracts that a pharmacy or th...
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Documents (4)
- Agenda — INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE, Apr 9, 2025 · April 9, 2025
- Agenda — INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE, Apr 7, 2025 · April 7, 2025
- Agenda — INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE, Apr 7, 2025 · April 7, 2025
- Agenda — INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE, Apr 1, 2025 · April 1, 2025
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