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Improving Transparency Into Pharmacy Benefit Manager Fee Disclosure; Extension of Comment Period
The Employee Benefits Security Administration published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on March 2, 2026. It took effect on January 30, 2026. Comments closed on April 15, 2026.
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What the agency says
This document extends the comment period on the Department's Improving Transparency Into Pharmacy Benefit Manager Fee Disclosure proposed rule. The proposed rule would require providers of pharmacy benefit management services and affiliated providers of brokerage and consulting services to disclose information about their compensation to fiduciaries of self-insured group health plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), for purposes of ERISA's statutory prohibited transaction exemption for services arrangements. The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on January 30, 2026, with a comment deadline of March 31, 2026. On February 3, 2026, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 amended ERISA to add several provisions relating to providers of pharmacy benefit management services. Consequently, the Department is extending the comment period for an additional 15 days, to April 15, 2026, to allow interested persons to address whether the rule should be adjusted due to these new statutory provisions.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2026-04084
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Proposed rule; extension of the comment period
- Agency
- Labor Department; Employee Benefits Security Administration
- Published
- March 2, 2026
- Takes effect
- January 30, 2026
- Comments due
- April 15, 2026
- Dates
- The comment period for the proposed rule published January 30, 2026, at 91 FR 4348, is extended. Comments should be received on or before April 15, 2026.
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 1210-AB37
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 29 CFR 2550
- Significant
- Yes, under Executive Order 12866
- Pages
- 2
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