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AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Education Policy Committee Feb 11th, 2026
Education Policy
Committee:
Senate Education Policy
Keywords:
sales tax exemption, Consumer Price Index, local government, clothing, school supplies, emergency preparedness, Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, APA, administrative law, judicial review, agency deference, Chevron deference, de novo review, contested case, state agency, regulatory power, individual liberty, statutory interpretation, rule interpretation, license revocation
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- It says that when a pharmacy fills a prescription, the pharmacy benefit manager needs to reimburse the
- That's on page four, where you say the pharmacy benefit manager shall bear all costs associated with
- It doesn't restrict the ability of any plan from any pharmacy benefit manager negotiations.
- This next line says a health insurer or pharmacy benefit manager may implement co-pay assistance.
- There's some instructions on how the pharmacy benefit manager should send the claim.
Committee:
Senate Insurance
Keywords:
liability insurance, coverage defenses, direct action, judgment enforcement, legal procedures, insurance referrals, compensation, non-licensed agents, consumer protection, insurance products, HB 870, Act 907, Louisiana insurance, health insurance, prescription drugs, generic drugs, biosimilars, formulary placement, drug formulary, cost-sharing
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Mail order, and specialty pharmacies.
- I'm from pharmacies in Gilmer, Texas.
- As the pharmacy benefit managers that are threatening the viability of the community pharmacy across
- Pharmacy benefit managers exploit their market power to strong-arm pharmacies in deceptive, non-negotiable
- , the pharmacy lost it all.
Committee:
House Insurance
Keywords:
prescription drugs, drug pricing, pharmacy benefits, health insurance, health benefit plan, insurer, HMO, self-insured employer, public employer, school district, county, municipality, university system, higher education, retirees, dependent coverage, stop-loss coverage, bulk purchasing, group purchasing, purchasing pool
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Business and Insurance 2ND REVISED Feb 26th, 2026 at 09:30 am
Business and Insurance
Transcript Highlights:
- That subject is pharmacy benefit managers.
- The first one is that no contract between the Oklahoma Employees Insurance and pharmacy benefit managers
- Referential favorable treatment to bidders whose pharmacy benefit managers do not own health insurance
- companies or retail pharmacy chains, special pharmacy businesses, mail order pharmacy businesses, or
- Pharmacies than the rural pharmacies.
Committee:
Senate Business and Insurance
Keywords:
prosthetics, health insurance, medical necessity, patient rights, insurance liability, pharmacy benefits manager, healthcare providers, claims processing, reimbursement, insurance regulation, employees insurance, contract awarding, certifications, state procurement, insurance plan, mental health, substance use disorders, utilization review, benefit coverage, pharmacy
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and insurers have implemented discriminatory practices targeting 340B
- pharmacy or to go without its benefits.
- Oncology, and his script is vertically steered to a pharmacy benefit manager. Dr.
- and uses or requires an enrollee to use a pharmacy benefit manager, shall provide an enrollee.
- PBMs, which are pharmacy benefit managers, have a position and a job within the healthcare insurance
Bills:
HB712 , HB722 , HB946 , HB1687 , HB1809 , HB1899 , HB2528 , HB2583 , HB2741 , HB2750 , HB3021 , HB3150 , HB3265 , HB3658 , HB3812 , HB3960 , HB4392 , HB4432
Committee:
House Insurance
Keywords:
prostate cancer, health benefit plans, insurance coverage, cost sharing, preventive health care, auto insurance, total loss evaluation, disclosure, insurance materials, vehicle appraisal, HB 946, Texas Insurance Code, automobile insurance claims, oral release, written release, settlement agreement, claim release, property damage, bodily injury, psychological injury
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Is a covered benefit, right? I mean, they're just deciding if the...
- They found it wasn't a new benefit mandate, and because it's not, it wouldn't be subject to defrayal.
- The Affordable Care Act has a list of 10 essential health benefits.
Bills:
HB712 , HB722 , HB946 , HB1687 , HB1809 , HB1899 , HB2528 , HB2583 , HB2741 , HB2750 , HB3021 , HB3150 , HB3265 , HB3658 , HB3812 , HB3960 , HB4392 , HB4432
Committee:
House Insurance
Keywords:
prostate cancer, health benefit plans, insurance coverage, cost sharing, preventive health care, auto insurance, total loss evaluation, disclosure, insurance materials, vehicle appraisal, HB 946, Texas Insurance Code, automobile insurance claims, oral release, written release, settlement agreement, claim release, property damage, bodily injury, psychological injury
AL
Bills:
SB96 , SB97 , SB130 , HB230 , SB154 , SB93 , SB99 , SB96 , SB97 , SB130 , HB230 , SB154 , SB93 , SB99
Committee:
House Insurance
Keywords:
salvage title, salvage certificate of title, rebuilt title, flood vehicle, junk vehicle, total loss, motor vehicle title, vehicle branding, insurance claim, insurance company, Department of Revenue, vehicle inspection, rebuilder, automotive dismantler, parts recycler, secondary metals recycler, junkyard, vehicle identification number, VIN, stolen vehicle
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- or their practice to cover the difference from the payments for in-network. ...and out-of-network benefits
Bills:
HB854 , HB 1052 , HB1642 , HB2076 , HB3042 , HB3695 , HB3787 , HB4062 , HB4092 , SB213 , SB493 , SB896 , HB5519 , HB4635
Committee:
House Insurance
Keywords:
insurance, replacement cost, homeowner's policy, renter's policy, condominium insurance, property damage, claims process, telemedicine, teledentistry, telehealth, health benefit plan, insurance coverage, out-of-state services, anxiety, pain management, contraceptive devices, women's health, medical procedures, healthcare, laboratory
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm a pharmacist at Carvajal Pharmacy in San Antonio.
- I'm testifying today on behalf of the Texas Pharmacy Association in support of Senate Bill 493.
- Pharmacy...
- If it's $20 that the pharmacy bought it for, something lower than $20, and then you charge.
- It doesn't go to the pharmacy. Just to be clear, we are not the pharmacy.
Bills:
HB854 , HB 1052 , HB1642 , HB2076 , HB3042 , HB3695 , HB3787 , HB4062 , HB4092 , SB213 , SB493 , SB896 , HB5519 , HB4635
Committee:
House Insurance
Keywords:
insurance, replacement cost, homeowner's policy, renter's policy, condominium insurance, property damage, claims process, telemedicine, teledentistry, telehealth, health benefit plan, insurance coverage, out-of-state services, anxiety, pain management, contraceptive devices, women's health, medical procedures, healthcare, laboratory
TX
Bills:
HB345 , HB721 , HB2580 , SB815 , HB3057 , HB4603 , HB3233 , SB495 , HB3863 , HB3914 , HB4570 , HB5099 , HB5173 , SB458
Committee:
House Insurance
Keywords:
insurance, appraisal process, disputed losses, residential property, policyholder rights, insurer obligations, natural disasters, appraisal expenses, umpire selection, policyholder, insurer, umpire, claims management, health care, cost disclosure, benefit plan, administrators, traumatic brain injury, health benefit plans, insurance coverage
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The committee heard this a few weeks ago relating to certain practices of health benefit plan issuers
- and health benefit plan issuers or pharmacy beneficiaries.
- It doesn't work to the benefit of the physicians.
- CSHB 3233 prohibits PBMs, Pharmacy Benefit Managers, from storing the patient data of Texas residents
- It is a very limited health benefit plan, again, not health insurance.
Bills:
HB345 , HB721 , HB2580 , SB815 , HB3057 , HB4603 , HB3233 , SB495 , HB3863 , HB3914 , HB4570 , HB5099 , HB5173 , SB458
Committee:
House Insurance
Keywords:
insurance, appraisal process, disputed losses, residential property, policyholder rights, insurer obligations, natural disasters, appraisal expenses, umpire selection, policyholder, insurer, umpire, claims management, health care, cost disclosure, benefit plan, administrators, traumatic brain injury, health benefit plans, insurance coverage
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- The state of Iowa conducted a pharmacy benefit manager.
- The state of Iowa conducted a pharmacy benefit manager reverse auction 25.
- I'm the Vice President of Pharmacy Benefit Administration, or PBA, Markets at Capital Rx.
- What we see as the role of a PBM is really to be the PBA, a pharmacy benefit administrator on behalf
- I am supporting HB 938 because Louisiana's patients need pharmacy benefit manager reform.
Committee:
Senate Insurance
Keywords:
automobile repairs, insurance transparency, repair shop liability, non-OEM parts, policyholder rights, automobile insurance, appraisal process, insurance policyholders, dispute resolution, claim valuation, behavioral health, crisis services, mental health care, insurance coverage, healthcare access, pharmacy benefit managers, reimbursement standards, local pharmacies, drug pricing, regulation
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Next, we'll take up Tab 6, Senate Bill 1256 on pharmacy audits by Senator Graal.
- , and fairly across all types of pharmacies.
- independent pharmacies, PBM-owned pharmacies, and PBM-affiliated pharmacies.
- of the pharmacy system, but without destroying...
- Fair audits protect the integrity of the pharmacy system, but without destroying pharmacy practices over
Committee:
Senate Banking and Insurance
Keywords:
curators, estates, court appointment, fiduciary duty, bond requirements, removal, surrogate, funeral homes, cemetery law, cremation, embalmer, funeral director, preneed contract, preneed funeral, human remains, unclaimed cremated remains, disposition of remains, hospice, palliative care, end-of-life care
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- Are we looking at page 10, line 19, which says a health benefit plan person or entity excluded?
Committee:
House Public Health
Keywords:
Oklahoma Health Care Authority, Medicaid, immigration verification, healthcare access, federal reporting, health care providers, auditing, patient rights, claims, protection from fraud, audit process, error correction, hospice care, physician determination, healthcare standards, symptom management, health information exchange, all-payer claims database, health care transparency, health care costs
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- benefit enforcement fund; to provide for oversight and accountability in pharmacy benefit management
- benefit enforcement fund to provide for oversight and accountability and pharmacy benefit management
- Right now, pharmacy benefit managers sit in the middle of every prescription in Louisiana.
- Pharmacy benefit managers sit in the middle of every prescription in Louisiana.
- Members, as long as I'm in this building, I will work to create reforms in the pharmacy benefit manager
Bills:
HB689 , HB742 , HB926 , HB946 , HB948 , HB1028 , HB1095 , HB1114 , HB1121 , HB1155 , HB1185 , HB1217 , HB1220 , HB1227 , HCR76
Committee:
House Health and Welfare
Keywords:
public assistance, child welfare, benefit adjustment, DCFS, LDH, fraud detection, household reporting, Medicaid, immunization, healthcare eligibility, Family Independence Temporary Assistance Program, health policy, vaccination requirements, vaccination status, vaccine mandate, medical freedom, medical autonomy, public buildings, public access, government services
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Feb 18th, 2026
Ways and Means General Fund
Transcript Highlights:
- Healthcare benefit plan. A. The term includes any individual or group.
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- hard at finding a way to keep all providers in this program so that all of your constituents can benefit
- hard at finding a way to keep all providers in this program so that all of your constituents can benefit
Committee:
House Ways and Means General Fund
Keywords:
appropriation, transportation, judicial system, funding, state budget, Pickens County, local act, vehicle tag fee, registration fee, issuance fee, motor vehicle registration, license plate, replacement tag, transfer tag, renewal fee, county revenue, earmarked funds, ambulance service, emergency medical services, EMS
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- that are taking it on the chin with pharmacy benefit managers.
- that are taking it on the chin with pharmacy benefit managers.
- There are pharmacy benefit managers that are now being set up to do it in a transparent way.
- by a pharmacy benefit manager or its subsidiaries.'
- by a pharmacy benefit manager.
Bills:
HB62 , HB124 , HB182 , HB193 , HB198 , HB203 , HB223 , HB237 , HB469 , HB486 , HB574 , HB779 , HB796 , HB919 , SCR2 , SB4 , SB36 , SB38 , SB109 , SB152 , SB168 , SB195 , SB216 , SB221 , SB236 , SB404
Committee:
House Health and Welfare
Keywords:
Louisiana Women's Policy, gender equality, policy research, commission membership, women's representation, Domestic Violence, judicial experience, legislation, criminal law, family law, HB182, sexual assault, rape kit, forensic examination, forensic medical exam, sexual assault survivor, sexual assault nurse examiner, SANE, emergency department, hospital staffing
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Feb 26th, 2026 at 09:30 am
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- significant time and resources to supporting members of the United States armed forces with no financial benefit
Bills:
SB1246 , SB1510 , SB1979 , SB1929 , SB1930 , SB1976 , HCR1019 , SB1459 , SB1673 , SB1500 , SB1447 , SB1646 , SB2007 , SB1275 , SB2074
Keywords:
environmental permitting, Oklahoma, Department of Environmental Quality, public participation, regulatory framework, administered applications, energy, wind energy, financial assurance, property restoration, environmental regulation, mining, blasting, residential protection, buffer zone, Department of Mines, public utilities, electric transmission lines, landowner rights, payment regulations
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Are those 23 counted in the people that... ...lost their SNAP benefits.
- And finally, it increases accountability for our pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, by prohibiting certain
- PCMA is the national trade association that represents pharmacy benefit managers.
- And Barney Bishop, Small Business Pharmacies. Small Business Pharmacies.
- We've lost 1,600 pharmacies in the past year.
Bills:
S0688 , S1414 , S0186 , S0902 , S0196 , S1574 , S0878 , S1092 , S1032 , S1684 , S1686 , S1760
Committee:
Senate Health Policy
Keywords:
cytomegalovirus, education, maternal health, newborn care, infectious diseases, student health, epilepsy, seizure disorders, school safety, training requirements, medical marijuana, low-THC cannabis, neurofibromatosis, healthcare, state regulations, child care facilities, public safety, grant program, uterine fibroids, health database
IA
Iowa 2025-2026 Regular Session
Health and Human Services Feb 12th, 2025 at 02:00 pm
Health and Human Services
Bills:
SSB1017 , SSB1029 , SSB1080 , SF117 , SF120 , SSB1052 , HF12 , HF14 , HF104 , HF124 , HF146 , HSB7 , HSB8
Committee:
Joint Health and Human Services
Keywords:
pharmacy benefits manager, reverse auction, public employees, health insurance, drug pricing, health care costs, price transparency, cash price, discounted cash price, average allowed amount, deductible credit, cost-sharing, health carrier, health benefit plan, out-of-network, network provider, prescription drugs, formulary, generic drug, pharmacy benefit