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90th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

SF 419: Relating to contract pharmacies and covered entities that participate in the 340B drug program

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on April 19, 2024. 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 program. The bill defines “340B program”, “contract pharmacy”, and “covered entity”. Group health plans (plans), health carriers that offer group or individual health insurance coverage (carriers), 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 for a prescription drug or a dispensing fee in an amount less than the plan, carrier, administrator, or PBM reimburses a similarly situated entity or pharmacy that is not a covered entity or a contract pharmacy.

Sponsors

Commerce (companion To Hf 423 By Committee on Health and Human Services) committee

Cost

Can’t be estimated

Senate File 419 has the potential to generate increased costs to the State of Iowa and the State of Iowa health plan, but the fiscal impact is unknown.

Lobbying · 14 for, 0 against

For: ARJ Infusion Services, Inc.; Broadlawns Medical Center; Genesis Health System; Iowa Affiliate of the American College of Nurse-Midwives; Iowa Association of Rural Health Clinics; Iowa Chapter of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners; Iowa Hospital Association; Iowa Medical Society; Iowa Nurse Practitioners Society; Iowa Nurses Association; Iowa Pharmacy Association; Iowa Primary Care Association; and 2 more

In plain words

  1. February 27, 2023Filed in the Senate
  2. February 27, 2023Approved by the Senate committee
  3. March 16, 2023Cost estimate (fiscal note) posted
  4. April 20, 2023Withdrawn

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/90/SF419