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LA SB337

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/27/2026

Primary Sponsor

Jimmy Harris

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Origin

Senate

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Establishes duties of care, good faith, and fair dealing that pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) owe to enrollees, health plans, and providers, with enrollee interests taking priority over other parties

  • Prohibits PBMs from retaining rebates and fees, limiting their income to pharmacy benefit management fees that cannot be based on drug prices, savings, or patient cost-sharing amounts

  • Authorizes the Insurance Commissioner and contracted health plans to audit PBMs once per calendar year, with access to reimbursement data, rebate information, and claims history within 30 days of request

  • Requires PBM contracts entered into or renewed after January 1, 2027 to specify all revenue forms and acknowledge that spread pricing is prohibited

  • Imposes civil monetary penalties up to $1,000 per claim for violations and creates a private cause of action allowing aggrieved parties to sue PBMs in state court

Legislative Description

Provides relative to pharmacy benefit managers. (8/1/26)

HEALTH/ACC INSURANCE

Last Action

Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Insurance.

3/9/2026

Committee Referrals

Insurance2/27/2026

Full Bill Text

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