AZ SB1161

Prohibits pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from transferring patient or prescriber prescription information to affiliated providers for commercial purposes, with exceptions for pharmacy reimbursement, formulary compliance, and pharmaceutical care.

Prohibits PBMs from steering or directing patients to use affiliated providers through online messaging, advertising, marketing, or promotion, except when providing comparable cost and service information for all network providers.

Prohibits PBMs from requiring patients to use affiliated providers for maximum benefits, offering reduced cost-sharing for using affiliated providers, soliciting prescription transfers to affiliated providers, or paying affiliated providers higher reimbursement rates than non-affiliated providers.

Prohibits PBMs, health insurers, and third-party payors from requiring clinician-administered drugs to be dispensed by pharmacies as a condition of coverage, or imposing higher cost-sharing when drugs are dispensed at prescriber offices or hospital outpatient clinics rather than pharmacies.

Applies to contracts entered into, amended, extended, or renewed on or after the effective date of the act.