Three PBM reform bills community pharmacies supported were unanimously approved by the Senate Business and Insurance Committee and will now advance to the full Senate.   

• SB 789 addresses below-cost reimbursements by establishing a reimbursement rate floor of no less than 106% of the NADAC plus a professional dispensing fee of $15.00; NACDS sent a support letter;  

• SB 993 sets requirements and limits for audits; and 

• SB 773 enhances the Attorney General’s enforcement authority ensuring proper reimbursement. 

 Also in Oklahoma, NACDS and the Your Care Coalition rallied support for SB 741, the test and treat bill, before the Senate Health and Human Services Committee on March 3. The bill title was amended and passed out of the committee. The next action will be on the Senate floor. 

Also in Oklahoma, SB 806, Food is Medicine legislation that would improve access to important nutrition services for SoonerCare beneficiaries by incentivizing improvements in their health and controlling healthcare costs by seeking a 1115 waiver, passed out of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee and was referred to the full Senate. NACDS sent the Senators a support letter. 

Finally in Oklahoma, legislation all pharmacies support, SB 906 by Sen. Paul Rosino (R), increasing the retail pharmacy technician to pharmacist ratio from 2:1 to 4:1, which is what is currently the ratio in other practice settings, cleared the Senate Health and Human Service Committee and referred to the Senate floor. 

For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.