Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Financial Services

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Start Time:

10:30 AM

Location:

A-2 and Virtual

Event Description

Health Insurance Matters - Pharmacy

The Committee on Financial Services will be holding a hearing on the health insurance pharmacy matters before the committee listed on the agenda.

All agenda matters filed in the House are required to be reported on by, August 9, 2025, subject to extensions consistent with House Rule 27.

The public is invited to participate in this hybrid hearing, which will be livestreamed and archived for later viewing on the General Court website, https://malegislature.gov/. Hearings will be recorded and posted publicly on the Joint Committee on https://malegislature.gov/Committees/Detail/J11/Hearings.

***INSTRUCTIONS FOR REGISTRATION / TESTIMONY***

Persons who wish to testify in person or virtually or submit written testimony may do so by completing this form linked here.

DEADLINE TO PRE-REGISTER: Persons planning to testify virtually must sign up no later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday June 6, 2025. Individuals and groups testifying in person are strongly encouraged to register using the form above prior to the deadline. Registration by the deadline is required for those who wish to testify virtually during the live hearing and encouraged for those who wish to testify in person. Please indicate whether you plan to testify in person or virtually. Participants who indicate that they plan to testify virtually will receive an invitation to the hearing with instructions via email after the deadline closes, shortly before the hearing. Please be aware that even those who register to testify in person receive a link to participate virtually as a backup option.

SAME DAY SIGN-UP FOR IN-PERSON TESTIMONY ONLY – IF TIME ALLOWS: Individuals who miss the deadline to pre-register for testimony may appear on the day of the hearing and sign-up to speak in person on forms provided by committee staff outside of the hearing room. Time permitting, when all pre-registered individuals have been called to testify, the Chairs will then call any individuals who sign up on the day of the hearing.

WRITTEN TESTIMONY: If you would like to provide written testimony, please include the bill number in the subject line of the email, as well as your name, address, phone number, and organization, if any, on the submitted testimony. Written testimony is encouraged and will continue to be accepted after the hearing until the relevant bill is acted upon. The Committee requests that written testimony may be submitted to the Joint Committee on Financial Services by emailing jointcmte-financialservices@malegislature.gov Please include "Financial Services Committee Testimony, [Relevant Bill Number]" in the subject line of the email. Those who plan to submit only written testimony may do so before or after the signup deadline.

The most secure method to submit testimony is through The Committee’s email address above. In the alternative, written testimony may be submitted to the Committee at: State House, Joint Committee on Financial Services, Room 254, 24 Beacon Street, Boston, MA. 02133.

Please use only one method to submit your testimony and please submit no more than once. The committee will accept written testimony until the relevant bill is acted upon.

Please be advised that all written testimony submitted will be read by Committee Members and staff and may be made publicly available at the discretion of the Chairs. Do not submit any personal information you do not wish to disclose publicly.

ORDER OF TESTIMONY: The Chairs, at their discretion, will determine the order of testimony during the course of the hearing. It is the responsibility of the individuals registered to testify to be prepared to speak when called upon by the Chairs. In the event that an individual is called by the Chairs and that person is not logged into the Teams platform, the Chairs will move on and call the next individual or panel. The Chairs will limit testimony to 3 minutes per speaker. Please be advised that the schedule and agenda are subject to change at the discretion of the chair per Committee rules.

If you have any questions, you may email questions at lisa.pellegrino@mahouse.gov from Chair Murphy’s office or Shane Correale shane.correale@masenate.gov from Chair Feeney’s office.

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Financial Services - 6-10-2025	6/10/2025 10:30 AM	02:26:38

Health Insurance - Pharmacy 10:30am - 1:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.1082	An Act to enact the pharmacy benefit manager compensation reform	Bruce J. Ayers
H.1092	An Act to ensure affordable prescription medications through accountability standards	Christine P. Barber
H.1107	An Act prohibiting discrimination against 340b drug discount program participants	Daniel Cahill
H.1125	An Act relative to non-medical switching	Michael S. Day
H.1133	An Act relative to patient financial protection	Marjorie C. Decker
H.1155	An Act empowering health care consumers	Michael J. Finn
H.1157	An Act to ensure access to prescription medication and community pharmacies	Carole A. Fiola
H.1167	An Act to enact pharmacy benefit manager duties	Sean Garballey
H.1222	An Act relative to prescription medication re-authorization	Sally P. Kerans
H.1234	An Act relative to pharmacy benefit managers	John J. Lawn, Jr.
H.1274	An Act prohibiting PBMs from discriminating against hospitals and patients participating in the 340B drug discount program	Brian W. Murray
H.1296	An Act to protect 340B providers	Sean Reid
H.1305	An Act to help patients and reduce health care costs by ensuring patient adherence to medications	Daniel J. Ryan
H.1322	An Act ensuring access to specialty medications	Danillo A. Sena
H.1324	An Act relative to prescription drug pricing	Alan Silvia
H.1325	An Act to ensure access to generic medication	Alan Silvia
H.1330	An Act relative to pharmacy benefit managers reimbursements to pharmacies in the Commonwealth	Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida
H.1334	An Act to enact pharmacy benefit manager duties	Chynah Tyler
H.1364	An Act relative to promoting healthcare access and affordability for patients	Carole A. Fiola
H.4043	An Act relative to copay assistance for medications	Manny Cruz
H.785	An Act protecting 340B contract pharmacies	Brian W. Murray
S.687	An Act ensuring access to fair and reasonable pharmacy networks	Cynthia Stone Creem
S.693	An Act relative to non-medical switching	Brendan P. Crighton
S.694	An Act empowering health care consumers	Brendan P. Crighton
S.724	An Act promoting healthcare access and affordability for patients	Sal N. DiDomenico
S.734	An Act ensuring access to specialty medications	James B. Eldridge
S.777	An Act relative to specialty medications and patient safety	Jason M. Lewis
S.779	An Act to protect 340B providers	Jason M. Lewis
S.781	An Act to help patients and reduce healthcare costs by ensuring patient adherence to medications	Joan B. Lovely
S.819	An Act prohibiting discrimination against 340b drug discount program participants	Pavel M. Payano
S.830	An Act to preserve community pharmacies	Bruce E. Tarr
S.831	An Act to ensure access to prescription medication and community pharmacies	Bruce E. Tarr

Present (10)

James M. Murphy (HOU)

David Biele (HOU)

Simon Cataldo (HOU)

Michael S. Chaisson (HOU)

Steven S. Howitt (HOU)

Sally P. Kerans (HOU)

Kate Lipper-Garabedian (HOU)

William F. MacGregor (HOU)

Tram T. Nguyen (HOU)

Christopher J. Worrell (HOU)

Absent (1)

Ryan M. Hamilton (HOU) *

	Document
	H0785
	H1082
	H1092
	H1107
	H1125
	H1155
	H1133
	H1157
	H1167
	H1222
	H1234
	H1274
	H1296
	H1305
	H1322
	H1324
	H1325
	H1330
	H1334
	H1364
	H4043

Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Financial Services

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