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NH SB547

Bill

Status

Introduced

11/24/2025

Primary Sponsor

Cindy Rosenwald

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Origin

Senate

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Establishes fiduciary duty for pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) to their health carrier clients, requiring them to act with care, skill, prudence, and diligence while disclosing any conflicts of interest in writing

  • Prohibits PBMs from retaining any portion of "spread pricing" (the difference between what PBMs charge health carriers and what they pay pharmacies for drugs)

  • Bans health carriers and PBMs from using financial incentives like varied copayments or deductibles to steer patients toward mail order or retail pharmacies affiliated with the PBM

  • Requires quarterly reporting by PBMs to the Insurance Commissioner on rebates collected, administrative fees received, and aggregate spending on pharmaceuticals, with the Commissioner publishing annual transparency reports

  • Expands the definition of "rebate" to include all manufacturer discounts and price concessions, including value-based and performance-based contracts, and takes effect October 1, 2026

Legislative Description

Relative to regulation and transparency of pharmacy benefit manager practices.

Last Action

Refer to Interim Study, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote; 03/12/2026; Senate Journal 6

3/6/2026

Committee Referrals

Health and Human Services11/24/2025

Full Bill Text

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