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§ 449.213. Disclosure of prescription drug costs

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 35 P.S. Health and SafetyEffective: July 23, 2020

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 35 P.S. Health and Safety (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 1M. Consumer Prescription Drug Pricing and Freedom Disclosure Act
Effective: July 23, 2020
35 P.S. § 449.213
§ 449.213. Disclosure of prescription drug costs
Currentness
(a) Information to covered individual.--A pharmacy or pharmacist shall have the right to provide a covered individual with information concerning the cost of a prescription drug, including the individual's cost share.
(b) No prohibition or penalization.--A pharmacy, pharmacist or contracting agent of a pharmacy or pharmacist may not be prohibited from or penalized by a pharmacy benefit manager or pharmacy services administration organization for discussing the information under subsection (a), disclosing the availability of therapeutically equivalent alternative medications or selling to the covered individual a more affordable alternative if an affordable alternative is available.

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2020, July 23, P.L. 663, No. 67, § 3, imd. effective.
35 P.S. § 449.213, PA ST 35 P.S. § 449.213
Current through 2023 Regular Session Act 1. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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