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                                                                                            By: Catherine M. Stowers
                                                                                             on  June 27, 2025
                                                                     
                     
                                        Regulation of Pharmacy Benefit Managers  
Senate Bill 140 (SB 140), which was signed into law by Governor Braun on May 6, 2025, imposes wide-ranging reforms on pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) operating in Indiana, and will thus be impactful to… 
                                        
                  
                 
                                
              
           
           
            			
              
                                  
                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                       
                                                                                            By: Mathew W. Norris and Amy E. Schwarz
                                                                                             on  June 26, 2025
                                                                     
                     
                                        1. Legislative Council assigns study committee topics 
The Indiana General Assembly’s Legislative Council convened on Thursday to announce topics that will be considered by interim study committees over the next several months.  “Interim study… 
                                        
                  
                 
                                
              
           
           
            			
              
                                  
                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                       
                                                                                            By: Brandon W. Shirley, Madison Hartman Harada,  and Thomas M. Abrams
                                                                                             on  June 25, 2025
                                                                     
                     
                                        Indiana recently enacted Senate Enrolled Act 140 (SEA 140), a significant overhaul of pharmacy reimbursement practices intended to greatly impact pharmacy benefit manager (“PBM”) vertical integration.  SEA 140 introduces multiple changes to how… 
                                        
                  
                 
                                
              
           
           
            			
              
                                  
                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                       
                                                                                            By: Scott C. Frissell
                                                                                             on  June 25, 2025
                                                                     
                     
                                        Beginning July 1, 2025, House Enrolled Act 1509 (codified at IC 5-14-9) takes effect in the State of Indiana and imposes mandatory disclosure requirements for appointed officers serving on any board, body, committee, commission or other… 
                                        
                  
                 
                                
              
           
           
            			
              
              
           
           
            			
              
                                  
                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                       
                                                                                            By: Kendall A. Schnurpel
                                                                                             on  June 9, 2025
                                                                     
                     
                                        Tax-exempt organizations of nearly every ilk must monitor recent activities targeting Harvard University to determine if those actions call for a reassessment and possibly redesign of operations and advocacy activities.  While direct political… 
                                        
                  
                 
                                
              
           
           
            			
              
                                  
                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                       
                                                                                            By: Bradley S. Fuson
                                                                                             on  May 14, 2025
                                                                     
                     
                                        Uniform Commercial Code (“UCC”) Section 9-504 reads as follows:   
 
§ 9-504. Indication of Collateral.  A financing statement sufficiently indicates the collateral that it covers if the financing statement provides: 
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a description of the…   
                                        
                  
                 
                                
              
           
           
            			
              
                                  
                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                       
                                                                                            By: David A. Bowen, Michael R. Schumann,  and Brett J. Ashton
                                                                                             on  May 13, 2025
                                                                     
                     
                                        On May 9,2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) filed a formal notice withdrawing 67 regulatory guidance documents in the Federal Register (here). The withdrawal of these various policy statements, interpretative rules, and advisory… 
                                        
                  
                 
                                
              
           
           
            			
              
                                  
                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                       
                                                                                            By: Brandon W. Shirley
                                                                                             on  May 1, 2025
                                                                     
                     
                                        
Clients have asked Brandon Shirley about acquiring a health entity that would qualify for the 340B Drug Pricing Program because, as he explains, “it does enable substantial benefits if you can get into it.” But the program is also complex. A… 
                                        
                  
                 
                                
              
           
           
            			
              
              
           
           
            			
              
                                  
                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                       
                                                                                            By: Mathew W. Norris and Amy E. Schwarz
                                                                                             on  April 25, 2025
                                                                     
                     
                                        1.  State Budget 
Early Friday morning, state lawmakers approved Indiana’s two-year budget- a task that was made much more difficult by the recent revenue forecast that predicted $2 billion less tax revenue over the biennium than was originally… 
                                        
                  
                 
                                
              
           
           
            			
              
                                  
                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                       
                                                                                            By: Madison Hartman Harada
                                                                                             on  April 23, 2025
                                                                     
                     
                                        After months of back and forth, with the fate of tele-prescribing in limbo, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) signaled its continued commitment to some COVID-19 era telemedicine expansions by the recent issuance of two final rules:… 
                                        
                  
                 
                                
              
           
           
                      
           
           
           
         
         
         
         
               
      
    
   
   
      
    
   
   
         
   
      
 
				 
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