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        <fullName>Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]</fullName>
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          <text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Neighborhood Options for Patients Buying Medicines Act or the NO PBMs Act&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This bill specifies that prescription drug plan sponsors and pharmacy benefit managers under the Medicare prescription drug benefit&amp;nbsp;must permit any pharmacy that meets the plan's contractual terms for network participation to participate in that network and that such terms must be reasonable. The Centers for Medicare &amp;amp; Medicaid Services must set standards for reasonable terms.&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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