SB 1256: Pharmacy Audits

GENERAL BILL by Grall

Pharmacy Audits; Revising requirements for audits of licensed pharmacies conducted by or on behalf of pharmacy benefit plans or programs; revising audit procedures, documentation requirements, reporting and appeal requirements, and recoupment limits and procedures; authorizing the Office of Insurance Regulation to investigate complaints of violations, issue cease and desist orders, impose fines and other administrative penalties, order restitution for improper recoupments, prohibit any person or entity from conducting audits for a specified timeframe upon certain findings, and suspend or revoke a pharmacy benefit manager’s registration under certain circumstances, etc.

Current Bill Version Posted: 1/6/2026 04:14 PM

• Senate Committee References (3)

  1. Banking and Insurance (BI)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government (AEG)
  3. Rules (RC)

• Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 1209 by Esposito Pharmacy Audits Last Action: 3/13/2026 H Died in Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee	Identical

• Analyses (2)

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  • Banking and Insurance (Pre-Meeting)   2/10/2026
  • Banking and Insurance (Post-Meeting)   2/11/2026

• Committee Votes (1)

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  Date	Version	Committee	Result
  2/11/2026 9:00 AM	S 1256	Banking and Insurance	9 Yeas - 0 Nays

• Citations - Statute (1)

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  624.491

  Pharmacy audits.

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• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  1/6/2026	S	• Filed
  1/12/2026	S	• Referred to Banking and Insurance; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Rules
  1/13/2026	S	• Introduced
  2/6/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 02/11/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
  2/11/2026	S	• Favorable by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 • Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
  3/13/2026	S	• Died in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government