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H4181 • 2025

An Act ensuring pharmacy access

An Act ensuring pharmacy access

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Sponsor
Colleen M. Garry
Last action
2026-03-12
Official status
Accompanied a study order, see H5223
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act ensuring pharmacy access

An Act ensuring pharmacy access By Representative Garry of Dracut, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Colleen M.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act ensuring pharmacy access By Representative Garry of Dracut, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Colleen M.
  • Garry relative to the rights of pharmacists to participate as preferred health care providers.
  • Financial Services.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-12 House

    Accompanied a study order, see H5223

  2. 2025-10-01 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 10/01/2025 from 10:30 AM-11:20 PM in B-1 and Virtual Hearing updated to New End Time

  3. 2025-10-01 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 10/01/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in B-1

  4. 2025-09-29 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 10/01/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in B-1 and Virtual Hearing location changed

  5. 2025-09-25 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 10/01/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in A-1 and Virtual Hearing location changed

  6. 2025-09-19 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 10/01/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in B-2

  7. 2025-06-02 Senate

    Senate concurred

  8. 2025-05-29 House

    Reported, referred to the committee on Joint Rules, reported, rules suspended and referred to the committee on Financial Services

  9. 2025-03-27 House

    Referred to the committee on House Rules

Official Summary Text

An Act ensuring pharmacy access
By Representative Garry of Dracut, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Colleen M. Garry relative to the rights of pharmacists to participate as preferred health care providers. Financial Services.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.4181

Section 1. Chapter 176I

of the General Laws shall be amended by adding at the end of section 4 the following language:-

“No pharmacy or pharmacist shall be denied the right to participate as a preferred provider under the same terms and conditions currently applicable to all other preferred or contracting providers provided the pharmacy or pharmacist is registered and accepts the terms and conditions of the contract.”

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