FIC: PBM Bill Improves With Amendments Adopted

By:  Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Rep. Santiago sponsored a strike all amendment (#580305) to his pharmacy benefits manager (PBM) bill (HB 351) when it was heard in its first House committee on January 17, 2018.  The amendment improved the bill from a PBM standpoint, although some additional changes are still needed.  The bill has…

FIC: Trade Secret Legislation Moves in House

By:  Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Speaker Corcoran’s priority legislation creating a uniform law to protect the confidentiality of trade secret information provided to state agencies and to set a process for all agencies to use when a public records request is received for that information passed its first House committee on January 17, 2018.…