§ 449.1. Prescription drug pricing study
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 62 P.S. Poor Persons and Public WelfareEffective: January 25, 2021
Effective: January 25, 2021
62 P.S. § 449.1
§ 449.1. Prescription drug pricing study
(d) Pharmacy benefit managers and medical assistance managed care organizations shall provide the required data under subsection (c) to the department within forty-five days of the effective date of this section for distribution to the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee. The providing of data by the pharmacy benefit managers and medical assistance managed care organizations to the department or by the department to the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee shall not constitute a waiver of any applicable privilege or claim of confidentiality. All data shall be given confidential treatment, shall not be subject to subpoena by a third-party entity and may not be made public or otherwise shared by the department, the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee or any other person except to the extent allowed under this subsection.
(f) The Legislative Budget and Finance Committee shall publish only aggregate data in the report. Any information disclosed or produced by a pharmacy benefit manager or a medical assistance managed care organization for the purposes of this study shall be confidential and not be subject to the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L. 6, No. 3),1 known as the “Right-to-Know Law.”
“Adjudicated claim” shall have the same meaning as the term does in section 449.2
“Entity” shall have the same meaning as the term does in section 449.
“Pharmacy benefit management” shall have the same meaning as the term does in section 449.
“Pharmacy benefit manager” shall have the same meaning as the term does in section 449.
“Pharmacy services administration organization” shall have the same meaning as the term does in section 449.
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1967, June 13, P.L. 31, No. 21, art. 4, § 449.1, added 2020, Nov. 25, P.L. 1208, No. 120, § 2, effective in 60 days [Jan. 25, 2021].
62 P.S. § 449.1, PA ST 62 P.S. § 449.1
Current through Act 13 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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