Georgia legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia SR927: Senate Pharmacy Benefits Managers and Consumer Access to Prescription Medications Study Committee; create
Status: Passed both chambers, March 31, 2026
A RESOLUTION creating the Senate Pharmacy Benefits Managers and Consumer Access to Prescription Medications Study Committee; and for other purposes.
What the bill says
A resolution Creating the Senate Pharmacy Benefits Managers and Consumer Access to Prescription Medications Study Committee; and for other purposes.
From the introduced text:
A RESOLUTION Creating the Senate Pharmacy Benefits Managers and Consumer Access to Prescription Medications Study Committee; and for other purposes. WHEREAS, according to the United States Office of Health Policy, the cost of prescription drugs has increased at rates exceeding the rate of inflation each year since 2016; and WHEREAS, pharmacy benefits managers administer prescription drug insurance benefits, negotiate with drug manufacturers and pharmacies, and establish drug formularies and pharmacy networks; and WHEREAS, pharmacy benefits managers undertake practices that have been criticized and investigated by industry stakeholders, including health policy experts, state attorneys general, and the Federal Trade Commission; and WHEREAS, such policies include leveraging vertical integration to steer patients to pharmacy benefits manager affiliate pharmacies, marking up the cost of medications at pharmacy benefits manager owned pharmacies, manipulating pharmacy reimbursement rates, and engaging in other unfair practices that harm patients, retail pharmacies, payers, and employers; and S. R. LC 46 1506 WHEREAS, in 2019, Georgia passed the first pharmacy benefits manager steering laws in the nation but many believe that pharmacy benefits managers continue to steer patients to pharmacy benefits manager affiliate pharmacies within this state; and WHEREAS, Georgia law requires that pharmacy benefits managers publicly report drug prices that are greater than 10 percent over the national average drug acquisition costs and such reports have revealed markups for …
Sponsors
- Bo Hatchett (R, SD-050) · primary sponsor
- Blake Tillery (R, 19)
- Brian Strickland (R, 42)
- Randy Robertson (R, 29)
- Russ Goodman (R, 8)
- John Albers (R)
- Watson, Sam (R, 11)
- Ben Watson (R, SD-001)
- Timothy Bearden (R, 30)
- Billy Hickman (R, 4)
- Ricky Williams (R, 25)
- Freddie Sims (D, 12)
Latest actions
- : Senate Passed/Adopted
- : Senate Third Read
- : Senate Read Second Time
- : Senate Committee Favorably Reported
- : Senate Read and Referred
- : Senate Hopper
Common questions
- What is SR927?
- SR927 is a bill in the Georgia Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): Senate Pharmacy Benefits Managers and Consumer Access to Prescription Medications Study Committee; create.
- What does SR927 do?
- In its own words: A resolution Creating the Senate Pharmacy Benefits Managers and Consumer Access to Prescription Medications Study Committee; and for other purposes.
- What is the status of SR927?
- Passed both chambers as of March 31, 2026. Latest action: Senate Passed/Adopted (March 31, 2026).
- Who sponsored SR927?
- Bo Hatchett (R, SD-050), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SR927?
- On the Georgia Legislature website: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/73941
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