Massachusetts legislation · 194th General Court
Massachusetts H4496: An Act to help patients and reduce health care costs by ensuring patient adherence to medications
Status: In committee, June 17, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text, September 18, 2025:
SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, any policy, contract or certificate of health insurance subject to chapters 32A, 175, 176A, 176B, 176G, 176I, 176J or 176Q of the General Laws, that provides prescription drug coverage in the state, must permit and apply a pro-rated daily cost-sharing rate to prescriptions that are dispensed by a network pharmacy for a partial supply if the prescriber or pharmacist determines the fill or refill to be in the best interest of the patient and the patient requests or agrees to a partial supply for the purpose of synchronizing the patient’s medications. No individual or group health insurance policy providing prescription drug coverage shall deny coverage for the dispensing of a medication that is dispensed by a network pharmacy on the basis that the dispensing is for a partial supply if the prescriber or pharmacist determines the fill or refill to be in the best interest of the patient and the patient requests or agrees to a partial supply for the purpose of synchronizing the patient’s medications. The individual or group health plan must allow a pharmacy to override any denial codes indicating that a prescription is being refilled too soon for the purposes of medication synchronization. No individual or group health insurance policy providing prescription drug coverage shall use …
Sponsors
- Services, Joint Committee on Financial (I) · primary sponsor
- Daniel Ryan (D, 2nd Suffolk)
Latest actions
- : Reporting date extended to Friday, July 31, 2026
- : Reporting date extended to Monday, June 15, 2026
- : Reporting date extended to Wednesday, March 18, 2026
- : Reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Health Care Financing
- : New draft of H1305
- : Reported from the committee on Financial Services
Votes
- Committee Vote - Joint Committee on Financial Services (September 8, 2025): 11 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is H4496?
- H4496 is a bill in the Massachusetts Legislature (194th General Court): An Act to help patients and reduce health care costs by ensuring patient adherence to medications.
- What is the status of H4496?
- In committee as of June 17, 2026. Latest action: Reporting date extended to Friday, July 31, 2026 (June 17, 2026).
- Who sponsored H4496?
- Services, Joint Committee on Financial (I), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for H4496?
- On the Massachusetts Legislature website: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4496
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