December 11, 2018
Newly enacted HB 1177 applies to contracts between pharmacies and pharmacy benefit managers or carriers entered into or renewed on or after Jan. 1, 2019. Under the new contracts, an insured cannot be required to pay a charge that exceeds the retail price of the prescription drug. In other words, the insured will pay the plan’s coinsurance amount or the retail price, whichever is lower. Additionally, the pharmacist must be permitted to discuss with the insured information about a more affordable, therapeutically equivalent prescription drug, if available, and sell that drug to the insured.
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