Contact Congress about H.R. 6837: To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to ensure that pharmacy benefit managers are considered fiduciaries, and for other purposes.

Many pharmacy benefit managers for job-based health plans would have to act in the plan's interest, not their own. They would also have to reveal more about their pay and could not use contracts to dodge liability for breaking those duties.

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To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to ensure that pharmacy benefit managers are considered fiduciaries, and for other purposes. is a House bill in committee. The latest recorded action: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Latest action on H.R. 6837: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Who this affects: This bill mainly affects pharmacy benefit managers, employers that sponsor group health plans, and the people enrolled in those plans. It also affects health insurance issuers that sell group coverage and third-party administrators that help run health benefits. Employers and plan fiduciaries could get more pay and rebate information. PBMs could face more legal risk and closer oversight.

Why this matters: This matters because PBMs play a big role in what drugs are covered, how claims are handled, and how rebate money moves through job-based health plans. The bill would make many PBMs answer to a clearer legal duty to act for the plan and its members. It could also give employers more information about fees and outside payments that are often hard to see. But the bill does not tell us whether that would lower drug costs, change premiums, or affect access to medicines. Those results are still uncertain.

Key provisions in H.R. 6837

• Many PBMs would be treated as ERISA fiduciaries for employer group health plans. This applies when they manage drug networks, drug lists, rebates, discounts, claims, or drug use review.
• The bill covers group health plans and the people who run them. It also covers insurers that sell group health coverage.
• PBMs would have to give plans more detail about how they get paid. That includes direct pay and outside payments tied to prescription drug services.
• Some third-party administrators would face similar pay disclosure rules. This applies if they run provider networks, process health claims, keep plan records, or negotiate payment rates.
• A service provider usually could not also be the plan fiduciary responsible for making these disclosures. One exception allows a PBM to fill that role for a health plan it sponsors for its own employees.

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Many pharmacy benefit managers for job-based health plans would have to act in the plan's interest, not their own. They would also have to reveal more about their pay and could not use contracts to dodge liability for breaking those duties.

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