PA Lawmakers Cross Invoice Regulating PBMs
The Pennsylvania legislature handed a invoice (HB 1993) geared toward rising oversight of pharmacy profit managers. If signed by Gov. Josh Shapiro (D), the measure would prohibit PBMs from requiring sufferers to make use of a PBM-affiliated pharmacy, a observe often known as “affected person steering,” amongst different issues. (PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL-STAR, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
IL Gov Outlaws Insurers’ ‘Predatory Techniques’
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) signed measures geared toward prohibiting what he described as insurance coverage corporations’ “predatory ways to make an additional dime.” One of many measures, HB 5395, bans so-called “step remedy,” requiring sufferers to attempt less expensive remedies earlier than extra pricey ones, even when advisable by their doctor, in addition to prohibits prior authorization for in-patient psychological well being remedy. The opposite, HB 2499. prohibits so-called “junk insurance coverage,” insurance policies providing solely restricted protection or missing client protections. (ASSOCIATED PRESS, LEXIS NEXIS STATE NET)
Explosive Development of Nationwide Psychological Well being Disaster Hotline
Within the two years for the reason that federal authorities offered $1 billion in seed cash for the 988 Nationwide Suicide and Disaster Lifeline, 10 states have adopted month-to-month cellphone line charges to fund 988 name facilities, and 30 states have authorised funding for core companies of this system. Maryland has seen a 50% enhance within the variety of 988 calls and a 1,000% enhance within the variety of textual content messages since 2022. (PLURIBUS NEWS)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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