MA H1278

Bill

Relative to prescription drug price transparency

Introduced
03/29/2021

In Committee
03/29/2021

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2022

Introduced Session

192nd General Court

Bill Summary

By Mr. Jones of North Reading, a petition of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., and others that the Health Policy Commission and health insurers create listings of certain high cost prescription drugs and that the Attorney General require drug manufacturers to provide information to justify increases in costs. Health Care Financing.

AI Summary

This bill aims to increase prescription drug price transparency in Massachusetts. It requires the Health Policy Commission and health insurers to annually create lists of the top 10 prescription drugs with significant cost increases over the past 5 years or previous year. The Attorney General will then identify up to 15 of these drugs that saw the greatest spending across payers and require the manufacturers to justify the cost increases. The Attorney General will then report this information to the legislature annually. The bill also authorizes the Health Policy Commission to establish penalties for non-compliance with these requirements.

Committee Categories

Health and Social Services

Sponsors (8)

Brad Jones (R)*, Angelo D'Emilia (R), Kim Ferguson (R), Paul Frost (R), Susan Gifford (R), Steven Howitt (R), Hannah Kane (R), Matt Muratore (R),

Last Action

Accompanied S771 (on 11/17/2021)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H1278

(7 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H1278
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H1278.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1272	To promote transparency in prescription drug prices	Accompanied S771	Similar To
S1533	Establishing a special commission to study and recommend improvements in the delivery of prescription drug benefits for the citizens of the Commonwealth	Accompanied a study order, see S2692	Similar To
S347	Relative to prescription opioid abuse prevention education	Accompanied a study order, see S2756	Similar To
S639	Relative to pharmacy benefit managers	Accompanied a study order, see S2917	Similar To
S654	Relative to out-of-pocket expenses for prescription drug coverage	Accompanied a study order, see S2693	Similar To
S771	Relative to pharmaceutical access, costs and transparency	New draft substituted, see S2651	Replaced by
S786	To bring down the cost of prescription drugs	Accompanied S771	Similar To

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