NCPA is pleased to continue its partnership with the California Pharmacists Association in support of PBM reform legislation. The state Senate passed S.B. 41, PBM reform legislation with wide-ranging provisions such as NADAC+, a professional dispensing fee based on the state's Medicaid program, and a requirement that PBMs use pass-through pricing models. NCPA has engaged on S.B. 41 with comment letters during its Senate committee process and has engaged its grassroots at the direction of CPhA.
This happens alongside the May budget revision in which Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), who has vetoed similar legislation in the previous two years, was vocal about the need to reform PBMs. How the governor's repositioning on PBM reform affects the previously introduced legislation remains to be seen. The bill now moves to the Assembly.
