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89th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Tuesday, November 10, 2026

SSB 3128: SSB 3128

Died when the session ended · The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill relates to contract pharmacies and covered entities that participate in the 340B drug program (340B program). “340B drug program”, “contract pharmacy”, and “covered entity” are defined in the bill. Group health plans (plans), health insurance issuers that offer group or individual health insurance coverage (issuers), third-party administrators (administrators), and pharmacy benefits managers (PBM) are prohibited from discriminating against a covered entity or a contract pharmacy by reimbursing the covered entity or the contract pharmacy a dispensing fee in an amount less than the plan, issuer, administrator, or PBM reimburses a similarly situated entity or pharmacy that is not a covered entity or a contract pharmacy.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named February 9, 2022

  • Sen. Carrie Koelker (R) · carrie.koelker@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Craig Johnson (R) · craig.johnson@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Janet Petersen (D) · janet.petersen@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 2 for, 1 against

For: Genesis Health System; Gundersen Health System

Against: Pharmaceutical Care Management Association

In plain words

  1. February 9, 2022Filed in the Senate and sent to the Commerce committee
  2. February 9, 2022Senate subcommittee named: Koelker, Johnson and Petersen

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Tuesday, November 10, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/89/SSB3128