2025 bills / H.B. 519
H.B. 519 Health Care Access Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote
- Senate committee (stopped here)
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
This bill would bar drug manufacturers from blocking or interfering with 340B entities, such as certain clinics and hospitals, when they buy discounted 340B drugs or take part in the federal 340B discount program. It would also let the Public Employees' Benefit and Insurance Program change its business practices to offset any financial effects.
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Official description
- defines a term
- prohibits a pharmaceutical manufacturer from restricting, prohibiting, or otherwise interfering with a 340B entity's ability to:
- acquire a 340B drug; or
- participate in the 340B drug discount program
- permits the Public Employees' Benefit and Insurance Program to adjust its business practices to mitigate any resulting financial impacts
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Every vote
- 12 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse Health and Human Services Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 25, 2025Who voted how
- 69 yes, 0 no, 6 absentFinal House vote · Feb 28, 2025Who voted how
- 73 yes, 0 no, 2 absentFinal House vote · Mar 4, 2025Who voted how