I will prohibit certain group health plans and health insurance issuers from limiting enrollees' choice of specialty pharmacies, including by steering patients to affiliated specialty pharmacies or excluding qualified specialty pharmacies from networks without good cause.

Neal P. Dunn · Florida · Republican

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Commitment kind: outcome. Promised action: Amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to add a prohibition on limiting specialty pharmacy choice.. Promised outcome: Certain group health plans and health insurance issuers would be barred from steering enrollees to affiliated specialty pharmacies or excluding qualified specialty pharmacies from networks without good cause.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. H.R. 10549, introduced in the House by Rep. Neal P. Dunn of Florida on September 24, 2026, with an effective date for plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2029.

Occurrences

To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to prohibit certain group health plans and health insurance issuers from limiting choice in specialty pharmacies.

Dunn introduced H.R. 10549, the Patients Choice in Specialty Pharmacy Act, to prohibit certain health plans and insurers from limiting specialty pharmacy choice.

H.R. 10549 Text - Patients Choice in Specialty Pharmacy Act
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Action Mr. Dunn of Florida (for himself and Mr. Wilson of South Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce Bill Number H.R. 10549 Bill Version Introduced in House (IH) Short Title Patients Choice in Specialty Pharmacy Act Full Title To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to prohibit certain group health plans and health insurance issuers from limiting choice in specialty pharmacies.

Dunn introduced H.R. 10549, the Patients Choice in Specialty Pharmacy Act, to amend federal health law to prohibit health plans and insurers from limiting patients' choice of specialty pharmacies.

H.R. 10549 (IH) - Patients Choice in Specialty Pharmacy Act - BILLS-119hr10549ih | Content Details | GovInfo
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Evidence

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Mr. Dunn of Florida (for himself and Mr. Wilson of South Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Within the 2026-09-13 to 2026-10-12 lookback window, Dunn introduced H.R. 10549 and it was referred to committee, showing concrete legislative effort but not enactment.

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H.R. 10549 (IH) - Patients Choice in Specialty Pharmacy Act - BILLS-119hr10549ih | Content Details | GovInfo
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To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to prohibit certain group health plans and health insurance issuers from limiting choice in specialty pharmacies.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The introduced bill directly matches the commitment’s subject: prohibiting certain plans and issuers from limiting specialty-pharmacy choice.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R. 10549 Text - Patients Choice in Specialty Pharmacy Act
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A group health plan (other than a self-insured group health plan) or a health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage may not require, steer, or induce an enrollee in the plan or coverage to obtain a prescription drug for which benefits are available under the plan or coverage from an affiliated specialty pharmacy

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The bill text contains the promised anti-steering rule, but the source identifies the measure as introduced-in-House text rather than enacted law.

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H.R. 10549 Text - Patients Choice in Specialty Pharmacy Act
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may not refuse to contract with, or otherwise exclude from the network of the plan or coverage, any specialty pharmacy that--

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The bill also addresses network exclusion of qualified specialty pharmacies, aligning with the promise, but remains only an introduced bill as of the latest official action found.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R. 10549 Text - Patients Choice in Specialty Pharmacy Act
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Assessments

Public state: pending As of 2026-10-12 · verified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. unknown A for effort

The verified commitment is an outcome promise to amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit specialty-pharmacy choice limits. Verified evidence shows Dunn introduced H.R. 10549 and that the introduced bill contains the promised anti-steering and network-exclusion language, but the only verified legislative status is introduction and referral to committee, not enactment. Because introducing the bill is documented effort but does not itself fulfill an outcome promise, and no deadline has expired, the promise remains unresolved.

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