Protecting Pharmacies in Medicaid Act
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Protecting Pharmacies in Medicaid Act
This bill provides funds beginning in FY2026 for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to survey retail and non-retail pharmacies (e.g., mail-order pharmacies) to determine average prices of covered outpatient drugs under Medicaid. Pharmacies that fail to participate in the surveys are subject to civil penalties.
The bill additionally provides funds for FY2026 for the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services to study the results of the survey and report accordingly to Congress.
The bill also requires pass-through pricing models, and prohibits spread-pricing, for payment arrangements with pharmacy benefit managers under Medicaid.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 927: Protecting Pharmacies in Medicaid Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-927/
"S. 927: Protecting Pharmacies in Medicaid Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-927/.
S. 927, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-927/.
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