Senate
Record of Committee Proceedings
Committee on Insurance and Small Business
Senate Bill 737
Relating to: regulation of pharmacy benefit managers, fiduciary and disclosure requirements on pharmacy benefit managers, and application of prescription drug payments to health insurance cost-sharing requirements.
By Senators Felzkowski, Quinn, James, Pfaff and Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Schraa, Rozar, Tittl, Conley, Considine, Dittrich, Donovan, Edming, Goeben, Goyke, Gundrum, Jacobson, Magnafici, Mursau, Novak, O'Connor, Oldenburg, Palmeri, Snyder, Tusler and Wichgers.
December 01, 2023 Referred to Committee on Insurance and Small Business
December 06, 2023 Public Hearing Held
Present: (5) Senator Felzkowski; Senators Hutton, Jagler, Taylor and Pfaff.
Absent: (0) None.
Excused: (0) None.
Appearances For
· Rep. Michael Schraa - 53rd Assembly District
· Senator Mary Felzkowski - 12th Senate District
· Representative Donna Rozar - 69th Assembly District
· Dan Strause - Wisconsin Independent Pharmacists Association
· Rob Gundermann - All Copays Count Coalition
· Madeline Rettmann - All Copays Count Coalition
· Mrs Denise Seyfer - Self
· Government Relations Richelle Andrae - Wisconsin Primary Health Care Association
· Sara Sahli - American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
· Janet Fritsch - Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin
· Nicole Sandberg
· James Turk
· Dr Thad Schumacher - Fitchburg Family Pharmacy and Patients across Wisconsin
· Ethleen Peacock
Appearances Against
· Sean Stephenson - PCMA
· Rebecca Hogan - Alliance of Health Insurers
· Tim Lundquist - Wisconsin Association of Health Plans
· John Nygren - Wisconsin Association of Health Plans
· Patrick Lobejko - AHIP
· Chief Pharmacy Officer Brent Eberle - Navitus
· Senior Vice President Sharon Faust - Lumicera
· Rachel Ver Velde - WMC
Appearances for Information Only
· Sen. Andre Jacque
Registrations For
· Mark Grapentine - Wisconsin Medical Society
· Joel Kurzman - National Community Pharmacists Association
· Mary Dwight - Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
· Sarah Sanchez - ALS Association
· Gary Dougherty - American diabetes assoc
· Bill Keeton - Vivent Health
· Tom Moore - PhRMA
· Connie Schulze - UWSMPH and UW Health
· Michael Semmann - WI Grocers Association
· Tony Langenohl - Wisconsin Association Of Hematology And Oncology
· Dr Robert Popovian - Global Healthy Living Foundation
· Danielle Womack - Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin
· Alexandria Ramczyk - All Copays Count Coalition
· Jordan Lamb - Otsuka
· Jordan Lamb - BioForward
· Jordan Lamb - Sanofi
Registrations Against
· Ryan Murray - CVS Health
· Vice President of Govt Affairs Andrew Davis - MMAC - Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce
· VP External Affairs Karla Ashenhurst - UnitedHealth Group
· Melissa Duffy - Advancing Free Market Healthcare
· Melissa Duffy - Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative
Registrations for Information Only
· None.
______________________________
Stamena Ivanov
Committee Clerk
