Pharmacy benefits managers; requirements, application of law, report, delayed effective date.
It became law on Mar 31, 2026.
- Stage
- Became law
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 2
- Latest action
- Mar 31, 2026
What it does
Pharmacy benefits managers; requirements; scope; report. Requires all health insurance carriers to use the pass-through pricing model and may limit a pharmacy benefits manager from deriving income from pharmacy benefits management services provided to a carrier except for income derived from a pharmacy benefits management fee. The bill prohibits a pharmacy benefits manager from (i) reversing and or resubmitting the claim of a pharmacist or pharmacy without meeting certain requirements, (ii) reducing any payment to a pharmacist or pharmacy to an effective rate of reimbursement, or (iii) retroactively denying or reducing a claim or aggregate of claims except under certain circumstances. The…
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