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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 657: Medicaid Pharmacy Discounted Drug Prices

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 657 is a bill introduced in the Florida House on February 17, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Medicaid Pharmacy Discounted Drug Prices. Primary sponsor: Shane Abbott (Republican). Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died in Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Medicaid Pharmacy Discounted Drug Prices; Requires drug manufacturers to sell specified drugs to Medicaid pharmacies at 340B Drug Pricing Program discounted prices; requires drug manufacturers to pay rebates to state; requires pharmacy benefits managers participating in Medicaid program to pay Medicaid pharmacies for specified drugs at 340B Drug Pricing Program discounted prices; requires drug wholesalers & distributors to sell specified drugs to Medicaid pharmacies at 340B Drug Pricing Program discounted prices; prohibits drug wholesalers & distributors from changing current pricing models & programs by engaging in certain acts; limits sales by Medicaid pharmacies of specified drugs at 340 Drug Pricing Program discounted prices to specified Medicaid recipients.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Shane AbbottPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse5

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Died in Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee
  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  3. 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  4. Now in Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee
  5. Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
  6. Referred to Health Care Budget Subcommittee
  7. Referred to Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee
  8. Filed

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source