Minnesota Legislature
HF 3024
1st Engrossment - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 05/07/2018 03:06pm
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A bill for an act
relating to health care; prohibiting a health plan company from contractually
preventing a pharmacist from informing a patient of a price differential; establishing
a standard for prescription cost to consumers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016,
sections 151.214, subdivision 2; 151.71, by adding a subdivision.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 151.214, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2.
No prohibition on disclosure.
No contracting agreement between an
employer-sponsored health plan or health plan company, or its contracted pharmacy benefit
manager, and a resident or nonresident pharmacy deleted text begin registereddeleted text end new text begin licensednew text end under this chapter,
may prohibit deleted text begin thedeleted text end new text begin :
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new text begin (1) anew text end pharmacy from disclosing to patients information a pharmacy is required or given
the option to provide under subdivision 1new text begin ; or
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new text begin (2) a pharmacist from informing a patient when the amount the patient is required to
pay under the patient's health plan for a particular drug is greater than the amount the patient
would be required to pay for the same drug if purchased out-of-pocket at the pharmacy's
usual and customary pricenew text end .
Sec. 2.
Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 151.71, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:
new text begin Subd. 3. new text end
new text begin Lowest cost to consumers. new text end
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(a) A health plan company or pharmacy benefits
manager shall not require an individual to make a payment at the point of sale for a covered
prescription medication in an amount greater than the allowable cost to consumers, as
defined in paragraph (b).
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(b) For purposes of paragraph (a), "allowable cost to consumers" means the lowest of:
(1) the applicable co-payment for the prescription medication; or (2) the amount an individual
would pay for the prescription medication if the individual purchased the prescription
medication without using a health plan benefit.
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