PBM Kickback Prohibition Act
On calendar: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- On calendar
- Started in
- House
- Sponsor
- 1
- Latest action
- Jul 2, 2026
What it does
H.R. 7895, the PBM Kickback Prohibition Act, amends federal pension law to bar pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from paying any compensation for referring or steering business from a health plan, or for influencing the plan’s contracting process, such as requests for proposals or evaluations. The bill applies to contracts for pharmacy benefit management services under employee benefit plans covered by ERISA, and requires that any compensation be judged by its economic substance rather than its label. Payments by a PBM to a brokerage firm or consultant are presumed to be illegal kickbacks unless the parties document that the payment is fair market value for actual services unrelated to…
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