South Carolina Senate Bill 342

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Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-1)
Status: Introduced on February 13 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2026-03-12 - Committee report: Favorable with amendment Banking and Insurance
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 38-71-2200, Relating To Definitions, So As To Define "low-volume Pharmacy"; By Adding Section 38-71-2270 So As To Restrict Pharmacy Benefits Managers From Reimbursement Under Certain Conditions; By Amending Section 38-71-2230, Relating To Pharmacy Benefits Manager Prohibitions, So As To Prohibit Additional Actions And To Remove The Prohibition On Claims Reconciliation Activities; By Amending Section 38-71-2260, Relating To Construction And Application, So As To Remove Antisteering Provisions; By Amending Section 38-71-2350, Relating To Application And Exceptions, So As To Remove A Reference To Medicaid; By Adding Section 38-71-2280 So As To Permit The South Carolina Department Of Health And Human Services To Assume Direct Responsibility For All South Carolina Medicaid Pharmacy Services; By Adding Section 38-71-2290 So As To Empower The Attorney General To Bring An Action In The Name Of The State Against Someone Engaging In Unlawful Acts Pursuant To This Act; And By Repealing Section 38-71-2240 Relating To Placement Of Drugs On The Maximum Allowable Cost List.

Pharmacy services

Sen. Luke Rankin [R]	Sen. Harvey Peeler [R]	Sen. Stephen Goldfinch [R]	Sen. Michael Gambrell [R]
Sen. Allen Blackmon [R]	Sen. Jeffrey Graham [D]	Sen. Ross Turner [R]	Sen. Thomas Young [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-12	Senate	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Banking and Insurance
2025-02-13	Senate	Referred to Committee on Banking and Insurance
2025-02-13	Senate	Introduced and read first time

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
38	71	2200	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	71	2230	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	71	2240	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	71	2260	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	71	2270	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	71	2280	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	71	2290	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	71	2350	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0342&session=126&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/342_20250213.htm
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/342_20260312.htm
Supplement	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/fiscalimpactstatements/S0342%202025-02-13%20introduced.pdf
Supplement	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/fiscalimpactstatements/S0342%202025-05-07%20updated.pdf