Bill Text: MS SB2751 | 2025 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: 340B drug discount program entities; remove distributor from prohibition of certain discriminating actions related to.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2025-02-04 - Died In Committee [SB2751 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2025-SB2751-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2025 Regular Session

To: Public Health and Welfare

By: Senator(s) Hopson

Senate Bill 2751

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-149-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE DISTRIBUTOR FROM PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN DISCRIMINATORY ACTIONS RELATED TO ENTITIES THAT ARE PARTICIPATING OR AUTHORIZED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FEDERAL 340B DRUG DISCOUNT PROGRAM; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  Section 41-149-7, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     41-149-7.  (1)  A manufacturer * * * or distributor shall not deny, restrict, prohibit, or otherwise interfere with, either directly or indirectly, the acquisition of a 340B drug by, or delivery of a 340B drug to, a pharmacy that is under contract with a 340B entity and is authorized under such contract to receive and dispense 340B drugs on behalf of the covered entity unless such receipt is prohibited by the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

     (2)  A manufacturer * * * or distributor shall not interfere with a pharmacy contracted with a 340B entity.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2025.

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