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Yes: 115 • No: 13
ArkansasHB11502025 Regular SessionHouse
TO PROHIBIT A PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGER FROM OBTAINING CERTAIN PHARMACY PERMITS.
Sponsored By: Jeremiah Moore (Republican), Kim Hammer (Republican)
Enacted
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Limited pharmacy permits protect rare drug access
Beginning January 1, 2026, the Arkansas pharmacy board can issue limited-use permits to pharmacies otherwise barred by the law. These permits cover rare, orphan, or limited-distribution drugs otherwise unavailable in the market to a patient or pharmacy. Before revoking or renewing an existing retail permit, the board can assess whether these drugs are unavailable. If it finds they are unavailable, it must convert the permit to limited use for at least 90 days. This assessment-and-conversion provision expires no later than September 1, 2027. Before January 1, 2026, the board must adopt a written policy explaining how patients, pharmacies, and providers report unavailable drugs. The policy must also cover permit requests, decision timelines, and emergency decisions based on patient need.
Patients get advance pharmacy service notices
The Arkansas pharmacy board must review every retail permit active as of July 1, 2025. It must notify likely violators at least 90 days before January 1, 2026, identifying the relevant pharmacy benefits manager interests. Board notices must include a monitored phone number and email, plus a list of pharmacies not expected to violate the ban. That list includes names, phone numbers, addresses, and websites and emails when known; a searchable board website can replace it. Notified pharmacies must warn patients and prescribers who used them in the past 12 months at least 60 days before January 1, 2026. Their written notices must explain that retail dispensing ends on that date and include the board’s contact and alternative-pharmacy information. Patient notices can arrive by mail, email, or patient portal.
Pharmacy sales can preserve same-day care
Beginning January 1, 2026, the Arkansas pharmacy board can extend or renew a retail permit while a pharmacy sale is pending. The sale must be to an eligible buyer, and the board decides how long the extension or renewal lasts. The pharmacy must offer same-day access to pharmacist services, controlled-substance prescriptions, mental health services, or other critical healthcare services.
Pharmacy benefit managers face pharmacy ownership limits
Beginning January 1, 2026, pharmacy benefits managers cannot directly or indirectly hold or acquire Arkansas retail pharmacy permits, including mail-order permits. The ban also covers their subsidiaries, entities they manage, and entities with direct or indirect ownership interests in them. The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy must revoke or refuse to renew permits held in violation. An employer-linked pharmacy is exempt when the employer has an interest in the manager and is its only Arkansas client. The pharmacy must exclusively serve the affiliated employer’s employees and dependents in Arkansas.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
Jeremiah Moore
Republican • House
Kim Hammer
Republican • Senate
Cosponsors
Brandon Achor
Republican • House
Mary Bentley
Republican • House
Clarke Tucker
Democratic • Senate
Ronald Caldwell
Republican • Senate
Dan Sullivan
Republican • Senate
Matt Duffield
Republican • House
Denise Jones Ennett
Democratic • House
Greg Leding
Democratic • Senate
Zack Gramlich
Republican • House
RJ Hawk
Republican • House
Julie Mayberry
Republican • House
Jim Petty
Republican • Senate
Jamie Scott
Democratic • Senate
Joey L. Carr
Republican • House
Jack Ladyman
Republican • House
Robin Lundstrum
Republican • House
Mark Johnson
Republican • Senate
R. Scott Richardson
Republican • House
Ryan A. Rose
Republican • House
DeAnn Vaught
Republican • House
Jim Wooten
Republican • House
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 4/9/2025
Senate Vote - Wednesday, April 9, 2025 3:59:26 PM
Yes: 26 • No: 9
House vote • 4/3/2025
House Vote - Thursday, April 3, 2025 4:09:45 PM
Yes: 89 • No: 4 • Other: 4
Actions Timeline
Notification that HB1150 is now Act 624
4/16/2025HouseCorrectly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
4/10/2025HouseTO BE ENROLLED
4/9/2025HouseReturned from the Senate as passed.
4/9/2025HouseReturned to the House as passed.
4/9/2025SenateRead the third time and passed.
4/9/2025SenateMotion for Immediate Consideration. Motion Carried.
4/9/2025SenateReturned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
4/8/2025SenateRead first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE
4/3/2025SenateReceived from the House.
4/3/2025SenateRead the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
4/3/2025HouseReturned by the Committee Do Pass
4/2/2025HouseREPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
4/1/2025HouseAmendment No. 3 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
4/1/2025HousePlaced on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
4/1/2025HouseREPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
3/18/2025HouseAmendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
3/18/2025HousePlaced on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
3/18/2025HouseREPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
2/11/2025HouseAmendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
2/11/2025HousePlaced on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
2/11/2025HouseRead the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE
1/16/2025HouseFiled
1/16/2025House
Bill Text
HB1150 - Introduced
1/16/2025
Act Version
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