SEVERAL BILLS AWAITING GOVERNOR’S SIGNATURE FOLLOWING SESSION

With the Pennsylvania state assembly adjourned until after the midterm elections, Governor Tom Wolf has been left with a stack of bills to sign.  He has already signed a measure requiring audits of state contracts involving pharmacy benefit managers. Lawmakers wanted more oversight of the so-called PBMs, which some say were driving up Medicaid costs and hurting small pharmacies. Another bill to be signed would create a multibillion-dollar tax credit program to spur development of clean hydrogen. There’s also one awaiting a signature that would update regulations for driverless vehicles.