2022 Senate Bill 889

Establish prescription drug price controls

Introduced in the Senate

Feb. 24, 2022

Introduced by Sen. Winnie Brinks (D-29)

To create a government “prescription drug pricing board and prescription drug affordability stakeholder council” comprised of political appointees and individuals representing various interests, with the power to impose “upper payment limit” price controls on prescription drugs that a “prescription drug product purchaser or third-party payer” (insurers and social welfare agencies) may not purchase, bill, or reimburse. The bill would also create a state “prescription drug affordability fund” but does not specify for what this money would be used.

Referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Human Services