URGENT CALL TO ACTION
GPhA Members:
This year’s fight is just beginning, with one bill dropped in the Senate (SB313) and additional bills being dropped in the House very soon. The PBMs have brought in more lobbyists than ever to argue against our efforts to bring transparency and fair reimbursements to pharmacy, as well as curtail some of the heinous acts conducted by the PBMs.
We need your help again this year to pass our bills into law! And I’m sure this isn’t the last time we’ll be asking for your help this assembly.
SB313 is scheduled to be heard in a subcommittee on Wednesday. SB313 will:
- Bring true transparency to prescription drug pricing in Georgia by using public pricing benchmarks and requiring rebates to be passed back to payors
- Protect patients from certain practices including:
- blocking access to cheaper generics
- withholding coverage if a patient chooses not to use a PBM-owned pharmacy
We need you to take immediate action. Please reach out to the three senators on the subcommittee and urge their support of SB313. If written correspondence, please copy Senator Jones, chair of the Senate Insurance and Labor Committee on your e-mail or other communication. Senator Jones and the subcommittee’s contact information are listed below:
Senator Burt Jones
Chairman of the Senate Insurance and Labor Committee
(770) 775-4880
Burt.Jones@senate.ga.gov
Senator Larry Walker
Committee Member – Insurance and Labor Committee
(404) 656-0095
Larry.Walker@senate.ga.gov
Senator P.K. Martin
Vice Chairman, Committee Member – Insurance and Labor Committee
(404) 463-6598
p.k.martin@senate.ga.gov
Senator Freddie Powell Sims
Ex-Officio – Insurance and Labor Committee
(404) 463-5259
