Massachusetts legislation · 194th General Court
Massachusetts S3103: Drug Pricing Transparency
Status: Introduced, May 20, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text, May 20, 2026:
by adding the following section:- "SECTION XX. SUBSECTION 1. Health policy commission review and determination of unreasonable or excessive nonprofit hospital drug chargemaster pricing. Chapter 6D of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 8A the following new section:- Section 8B. Review of nonprofit hospital drug chargemaster pricing. (a) Upon receipt of a referral from the center for health information and analysis pursuant to section 10B of chapter 12C, the commission may require the nonprofit hospital, within a reasonable time, to disclose to the commission information relating to the hospital's chargemaster pricing of any drug identified in the referral, on a standard reporting form developed by the commission, including but not limited to: (i) the hospital's chargemaster pricing methodology and any schedule of increases for the drug during the previous 5 calendar years; (ii) the hospital's written narrative description, suitable for public release, of the factors that contributed to the pricing of the drug; (iii) the hospital's acquisition benchmark, reimbursement benchmark and any internal target margin or pricing rationale used in connection with the drug; (iv) whether the drug was acquired, dispensed, replenished or accounted for as a 340B-acquired drug; (v) whether the hospital used a different chargemaster price, markup formula, markup multiple, markup range or other pricing methodology for a 340B-acquired drug than for the same …
Sponsors
- Michael Rush (D, Norfolk and Suffolk) · primary sponsor
- Michael Moore (D, Second Worcester)
Latest actions
- : See S4
Common questions
- What is S3103?
- S3103 is a bill in the Massachusetts Legislature (194th General Court): Drug Pricing Transparency.
- What is the status of S3103?
- Introduced as of May 20, 2026. Latest action: See S4 (May 20, 2026).
- Who sponsored S3103?
- Michael Rush (D, Norfolk and Suffolk), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for S3103?
- On the Massachusetts Legislature website: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S3103
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