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Harshbarger’s official House website listed a May 13, 2026 press release saying she and Rep. Jake Auchincloss reintroduced the Patients Before Monopolies (PBM) Act with expanded bipartisan support.
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): This is direct, official evidence that Harshbarger backed and reintroduced legislation targeting PBM/pharmacy ownership restrictions during the lookback window.
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Mrs. HARSHBARGER (for herself, Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mr. LANDSMAN, Mr. NEHLS, and Mr. NADLER) introduced the following bill;
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official GPO bill text shows Harshbarger was the House sponsor of H.R. 8779, the Patients Before Monopolies Act, directly satisfying a promise to support such legislation.
To prohibit pharmacy benefit managers and pharmacies from being under common ownership, and for other purposes.
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The official bill purpose matches the commitment to support legislation prohibiting PBMs and related entities from owning pharmacies.
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It shall be unlawful for any person to both—
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The bill’s operative prohibition section establishes that the legislation is designed to make specified combined ownership of pharmacies and PBMs or insurers unlawful.
That’s why I introduced my bipartisan Patients Before Monopolies Act to ban the kind of joint ownership between PBMs and pharmacies
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Within the lookback window, Harshbarger’s official House op-ed reaffirmed that she introduced the PBM ownership-ban legislation.
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): A lookback-window GovInfo Congressional Record Index entry identifies the Patients Before Monopolies Act with H.R. 8779 and companion S. 4509, corroborating the federal legislative vehicle remained indexed as of late September 2026.
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Congressional Bills
S. 4509, H.R. 8779
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Within the 2026-09-08 to 2026-10-07 lookback window, GovInfo continued to index the Patients Before Monopolies Act with the House vehicle H.R. 8779 and Senate companion S. 4509.
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Full Title
To prohibit pharmacy benefit managers and pharmacies from being under common ownership, and for other purposes.
Sponsors
Diana Harshbarger(TN)
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official GovInfo bill details identify Harshbarger as sponsor of H.R. 8779 and state that the bill would prohibit PBMs and pharmacies from common ownership, directly matching the commitment.
Mrs. Harshbarger (for herself, Mr. Auchincloss, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mr. Landsman, Mr. Nehls, and Mr. Nadler) introduced the following bill;
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Official bill text confirms Harshbarger introduced the legislation in the House during the same federal term.
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It shall be unlawful for any person to both—
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The operative prohibition section of H.R. 8779 establishes that the bill is the kind of ownership-ban legislation described in the commitment.
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As of September 20, 2026, both bills remain at the committee stage after being introduced on May 13, 2026.
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Recent lookback-window reporting found H.R. 8779 and S. 4509 still pending in committee, with no evidence of enactment, abandonment, or reversal; the delivered act remains Harshbarger's support/introduction of the legislation.
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The promise was to support legislation banning Pharmacy Benefit Managers and their parent companies from owning pharmacies. Official House evidence shows Diana Harshbarger reintroduced the Patients Before Monopolies Act in May 2026 with bipartisan support, which directly matches the promised action of backing such legislation. Because the promise concerned support for legislation rather than enactment into law, her sponsorship and active advancement of the bill is sufficient for delivery, and it occurred while she was in office during the relevant term.
provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.4 · confidence 96%