BILL · 2019–20 SESSION

SB 5422: Pharmacy benefit managers

Regulating pharmacy benefit managers.

Summary

Requires a pharmacy benefit manager to: (1) Discharge his or her fiduciary duty to a health carrier client under the provisions of state and federal law; (2) Perform its duties with care, skill, prudence, diligence, and professionalism; (3) Notify a health carrier client of an activity, policy, or practice of the manager that presents a conflict of interest with the imposed duties; and (4) Submit a transparency…

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to pharmacy benefit manager regulation;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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