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MN HF149

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/17/2019

Primary Sponsor

Kristin Bahner

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Origin

House of Representatives

91st Legislature 2019-2020

AI Summary

  • Amends Minnesota Statutes section 151.214 to require pharmacists to provide patients with co-payment amounts, the pharmacy's usual and customary price, and the amount the pharmacy will be paid for each prescription covered by employer-sponsored or health plans.

  • Requires health plans and pharmacy benefit managers to provide pharmacies with necessary data during initial claim adjudication to comply with disclosure requirements.

  • Prohibits contractual agreements between health plans, pharmacy benefit managers, and pharmacies from preventing pharmacies from disclosing required pricing information to patients.

  • Prohibits health plans and pharmacy benefit managers from contractually preventing pharmacists from informing patients when their health plan co-payment for a drug exceeds the out-of-pocket cost at the pharmacy's usual and customary price.

Legislative Description

Health plan company prohibited from contractually preventing a pharmacist from informing a patient of a price differential.

Last Action

Author added Sanstede

4/3/2019

Committee Referrals

Commerce2/25/2019
Health and Human Services Policy1/17/2019

Full Bill Text

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