SB547 Relative to regulation and transparency of pharmacy benefit manager practices.
Relative to regulation and transparency of pharmacy benefit manager practices.
Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?
Overall Impact Score
Mixed
Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)
Your Wallet
PBM transparency could reveal and curb practices like spread pricing and clawbacks that inflate prescription drug costs for consumers.
Your Community
Greater PBM regulation protects independent pharmacies and ensures patients get fair drug pricing, supporting local pharmacy access across NH.
Your Freedom
Transparency requirements give consumers information about drug pricing while regulating a largely unaccountable industry.
Status
Refer to Interim Study, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote; 03/12/2026; Senate Journal 6
Sponsor
Cindy Rosenwald (D)
The Short Version
Increases regulation and transparency of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). Similar to SB478, this targets the opaque practices of drug pricing middlemen that drive up prescription costs for NH residents. Sent to interim study.
Who's Behind This Bill?
Who Benefits
- ▲ Prescription drug consumers
- ▲ Independent pharmacies
- ▲ Employers providing drug benefits
Who Pays the Price
- ▼ Pharmacy benefit managers facing new transparency requirements
- ▼ Large insurance companies profiting from PBM opacity
Bill statuses as of May 2026. Check LegiScan or NH General Court for the latest.
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