The Fair Pharmacies for Federal Employees Act prohibits federal health insurance companies and pharmacy benefit managers from owning or controlling pharmacies that serve federal employees. Under this bill, the Office of Personnel Management cannot contract with any health insurance carrier that owns or controls a pharmacy or pharmacy benefit manager, and conversely, cannot hire any pharmacy benefit manager that owns or operates a pharmacy. The legislation applies to all types of pharmacies, including retail, mail-order, specialty, and hospital pharmacies. This measure aims to reduce conflicts of interest and anticompetitive practices in the federal employee health insurance market, where companies currently managing prescription drug benefits for federal plans also own the pharmacies filling those prescriptions. The bill does not establish specific funding amounts or implementation timelines, but it grants enforcement authority to existing federal agencies including the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general.
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