TEXAS PHARMACY ASSOCIATION

Texas PBM Steerage Bill Becomes Law

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Saturday, June 19, 2021
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AUSTIN, Texas, June 19, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --In a significant victory for Texas pharmacists and their patients, Texas has enacted House Bill 1919, important legislation that protects community pharmacies and ensures patient choice by prohibiting pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from steering patients to pharmacies they own.

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  • AUSTIN, Texas, June 19, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --In a significant victory for Texas pharmacists and their patients, Texas has enacted House Bill 1919, important legislation that protects community pharmacies and ensures patient choice by prohibiting pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from steering patients to pharmacies they own.
  • The Texas Pharmacy Association (TPA) identified PBM reform as a top priority for the 87th Legislative Session and worked closely with legislators to enact meaningful legislation.
  • TPA is grateful to Texas legislators for recognizing that PBM practices shortchange pharmacists and create barriers, limiting access for patients to receive needed medications from their local pharmacy.
  • In May, Governor Abbott signed into law House Bill 1763, which improves patient access to needed prescription drugs while ensuring pharmacies are protected from PBM overreach.

Governor Abbott Signs Legislation Protecting Texas Patients from PBM Abuses

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Thursday, May 27, 2021
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The Texas Pharmacy Association (TPA) championed PBM reform as one of its top priorities for the 87th Legislative Session.

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  • The Texas Pharmacy Association (TPA) championed PBM reform as one of its top priorities for the 87th Legislative Session.
  • The Texas Pharmacy Association worked closely with legislators this session to pass a strong bill that protects patients.
  • We applaud Governor Abbott for standing with Texas patients and addressing the need to change this backwards system."
  • The Texas Pharmacy Association is proud to work with Texas leadership on the important subject of protecting Texas patients.

Texas Pharmacists Applaud Lucio Legislation to Protect Patients, Pharmacists from PBM Practices

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Thursday, January 14, 2021
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The legislation is one of the Texas Pharmacy Association's top priorities for the 87th Legislative Session.

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  • The legislation is one of the Texas Pharmacy Association's top priorities for the 87th Legislative Session.
  • "The time has come for Texas to take reasonable measures on behalf of pharmacists and their patients in the name of fair competition and public health," Lucio said.
  • It's also essential to pass legislation that supports our state's pharmacies, many of which are locally owned small businesses."
  • "It is critical that we do not allow patients and pharmacies to be harmed by the anti-competitive business practices of these middlemen."

Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Pharmacists, Patients: Decision Validates Texas Efforts to Rein in PBMs

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Friday, December 11, 2020
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"This ruling removes a significant barrier in providing patients with access to their pharmacy of choice and increased price transparency," said Texas Pharmacy Association President Michelle Beall, Pharm.D.

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  • "This ruling removes a significant barrier in providing patients with access to their pharmacy of choice and increased price transparency," said Texas Pharmacy Association President Michelle Beall, Pharm.D.
  • "This is a big win for our pharmacies, pharmacists, and patients.
  • But, there's much more work to do to in Texas to strengthen PBM regulations to benefit patients during the upcoming 2021 legislative session."
  • The Arkansas law upheld by the Supreme Court this week prohibits PBMs from reimbursing local pharmacies at a lower rate than what the pharmacies pay to fill prescriptions.

Independent Pharmacy Academy Welcomes TIPA Members as Groups Unite with Texas Pharmacy Association

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Thursday, October 1, 2020
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Today the Texas Pharmacy Association's (TPA) Independent Pharmacy Academy is pleased to welcome members of the Texas Independent Pharmacies Association (TIPA) as its newest members.

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  • Today the Texas Pharmacy Association's (TPA) Independent Pharmacy Academy is pleased to welcome members of the Texas Independent Pharmacies Association (TIPA) as its newest members.
  • TIPA is the second independent pharmacy organization in Texas to unite with TPA and join the Academy, following a similar decision earlier this summer by the Alliance of Independent Pharmacists of Texas.
  • In June, TPA announced the launch of its Independent Pharmacy Academy in a bold move to strengthen and unite the voice of independent pharmacy in the Lone Star State.
  • The Independent Pharmacy Academy is designed to advance independent pharmacy's legislative priorities in Texas in a more robust and effective manner, with the resources and brand necessary to influence state officials.

Texas Pharmacy Association Announces New Academy to Strengthen, Unite Independent Pharmacy

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Thursday, June 25, 2020
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AUSTIN, Texas, June 25, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --In a bold move to strengthen and unite the voice of independent pharmacy in the Lone Star State, the Texas Pharmacy Association (TPA) is excited to announce the launch of its Independent Pharmacy Academy and welcomes members of the Alliance of Independent Pharmacists of Texas as charter members of the Academy.

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  • AUSTIN, Texas, June 25, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --In a bold move to strengthen and unite the voice of independent pharmacy in the Lone Star State, the Texas Pharmacy Association (TPA) is excited to announce the launch of its Independent Pharmacy Academy and welcomes members of the Alliance of Independent Pharmacists of Texas as charter members of the Academy.
  • Our new Independent Pharmacy Academy strengthens our ability to advocate for critical issues, such as meaningful Pharmacy Benefit Manager reform legislation, that are especially important to the sustainability of independent pharmacies in Texas."
  • The Independent Pharmacy Academy is designed to advance independent pharmacy's legislative priorities in Texas in a more robust and effective manner, with the resources and brand necessary to influence state officials.
  • The Independent Pharmacy Academy will operate as part of TPA and will be governed by its own bylaws and elected leadership.