Skip to content

PBM FAIR Act

In committee: it can still change before the session ends.

US S 3549 · Senate Bill · 119th Congress

Draft a letter
Stage
In committee
Started in
Senate
Sponsors
4
Latest action
Dec 17, 2025

What it does

The PBM FAIR Act would amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to classify pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) as fiduciaries when they perform certain functions related to group health plans, such as maintaining drug formularies, negotiating rebates, processing claims, or conducting utilization reviews. The bill requires PBMs and third-party administrators to disclose compensation arrangements, prohibits indemnification for fiduciary breaches by PBMs deemed fiduciaries under the new definition, and clarifies that PBMs generally cannot serve as the responsible plan fiduciary for disclosure purposes—except when they sponsor a plan for their own employees. These…

No official summary is available here. This one was written by AI from the bill’s text.

Read the full textRead it on the official site

Where it stands

  1. Introduced (Done)

    Dec 17, 2025

  2. Committee (Current step)

    In committee · Dec 17, 2025

  3. Floor (Not started)

  4. Law (Not started)

What moved

Loading recorded actions…

Who is involved

Sponsors

The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.

Where it goes next

While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.

Work with this bill

PBM FAIR Act | 52