HB3223 • 2025

Prohibits a mail-order, specialty or online pharmacy from transferring prescription drugs intended for dispensation to a patient to a pharmacy located in this state unless the pharmacy has agreed to receive the prescription drugs.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Representative Nathanson,, Nosse,, Levy B, Representative Wright,, Senator Gelser Blouin,
Last action: 2025-06-27
Official status: In House Committee
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Prohibits a mail-order, specialty or online pharmacy from transferring prescription drugs intended for dispensation to a patient to a pharmacy located in this state unless the pharmacy has agreed to receive the prescription drugs.

Digest: The Act limits when a type of pharmacy can send prescription drugs to another type of pharmacy.

What This Bill Does

Digest: The Act limits when a type of pharmacy can send prescription drugs to another type of pharmacy.
(Flesch Readability Score: 60.1).
Prohibits a mail-order, specialty or online pharmacy from transferring prescription drugs intended for dispensation to a patient to a pharmacy located in this state unless the pharmacy has agreed to receive the prescription drugs.
Prohibits pharmacy benefit managers from requiring a pharmacy to receive transfers of prescription drugs intended for a patient from a mail-order, specialty or online pharmacy.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2025-06-27 House
In committee upon adjournment.
2025-01-17 House
Referred to Behavioral Health and Health Care.
2025-01-13 House
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: The Act limits when a type of pharmacy can send prescription drugs to another type of pharmacy. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1).
Prohibits a mail-order, specialty or online pharmacy from transferring prescription drugs intended for dispensation to a patient to a pharmacy located in this state unless the pharmacy has agreed to receive the prescription drugs.
Prohibits pharmacy benefit managers from requiring a pharmacy to receive transfers of prescription drugs intended for a patient from a mail-order, specialty or online pharmacy.
Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Relating to: Relating to prescription drugs; prescribing an effective date.
Current location: In House Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3223
Sponsored by Representatives NATHANSON, NOSSE; Representative WRIGHT, Senator GELSER BLOUIN (Pre-
session filed.)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure as introduced. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: The Act limits when a type of pharmacy can send prescription drugs to another type of
pharmacy. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1).
Prohibits a mail-order, specialty or online pharmacy from transferring prescription drugs in-
tended for dispensation to a patient to a pharmacy located in this state unless the pharmacy has
agreed to receive the prescription drugs.
Prohibits pharmacy benefit managers from requiring a pharmacy to receive transfers of pre-
scription drugs intended for a patient from a mail-order, specialty or online pharmacy.
Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to prescription drugs; and prescribing an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
Section 2 of this 2025 Act is added to and made a part of ORS chapter 689.
SECTION 2. (1) A mail-order pharmacy, specialty pharmacy, as defined in ORS 735.530,
or online pharmacy may not transfer to a pharmacy located in this state prescription drugs
intended for dispensation to a patient unless the mail-order, specialty or online pharmacy
first notifies the pharmacy located in this state of the transfer and receives agreement from
the pharmacy to accept the transfer and dispense the prescription drugs to the patient.
(2) A mail-order, specialty or online pharmacy that transfers a prescription drug under
subsection (1) of this section shall compensate the pharmacy that receives the prescription
drug for all costs the pharmacy incurs as a result of receiving the prescription drug, in-
cluding but not limited to, administrative, storage and handling costs.
SECTION 3.
Section 4 of this 2025 Act is added to and made a part of ORS 735.530 to
735.552.
SECTION 4. A pharmacy benefit manager may not require a pharmacy located in this
state to:
(1) Receive transfers of prescription drugs intended for dispensation to a patient from a
mail-order pharmacy, specialty pharmacy or online pharmacy; or
(2) Dispense prescription drugs intended for dispensation to a patient on behalf of a
mail-order pharmacy, specialty pharmacy or online pharmacy.
SECTION 5. This 2025 Act takes effect on the 91st day after the date on which the 2025
regular session of the Eighty-third Legislative Assembly adjourns sine die.
NOTE: Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [ italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
LC 3343