MN SF4556

Prohibits pharmacy benefit managers and health carriers from restricting pharmacists or pharmacies from disclosing health care information to enrollees regarding treatment nature, risks, alternatives, and financial incentives.

Requires pharmacies and pharmacists to provide enrollees with total prescription drug costs, including co-payment amounts, the pharmacy's usual and customary price, acquisition cost, and reimbursement amount from the pharmacy benefit manager or health carrier.

Prohibits pharmacy benefit managers from restricting pharmacists or pharmacies from discussing with health carriers the amount paid or reimbursed for prescription drugs or the pharmacy's acquisition costs.

Prohibits pharmacy benefit managers and health carriers from restricting discussion of therapeutically equivalent alternative prescription drugs or alternative purchasing methods, including paying out-of-pocket at the pharmacy's usual and customary price when less expensive than the plan-required cost.

Effective the day following final enactment.