Senate Bill 125

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Title AN ACT relating to pharmacy health benefit management.
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Bill Request Number 1113
Sponsors J. Denton, J. Bowen, D. Harper Angel, J. Higdon, P. Hornback, D. Parrett, J. Pendleton, J. Rhoads, J. Schickel, J. Turner
Summary of Original Version Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define the terms "contracted pharmacy," "generic exclusivity period," "maximum allowable cost," "multiple source drug," "nationally available," "obsolete," "pharmacy benefit manager," and "temporarily unavailable"; prohibit a pharmacy benefit manager from using a maximum allowable cost as a basis for reimbursement to a pharmacy for a multiple source drug prior to the expiration of the generic exclusivity period; permit a pharmacy benefit manager to use the maximum allowable cost for reimbursement if there are three or more A-rated therapeutically equivalent multiple source drugs available at a significant cost difference; require the maximum allowable cost to be determined using drug price data from multiple data sources; require a benefit manager using maximum allowable cost for reimbursement to identify the drug price data source and methodology and notify the pharmacy regarding maximum allowable cost implementation, discontinuation, and adjustments; establish requirements for an appeals process; require a benefit manager to provide a contractual commitment to a contracted pharmacy to deliver a specific average reimbursement rate for multiple source drugs; establish requirements for calculation of the average reimbursement rate for multiple source drugs; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require a managed care organization that provides Medicaid benefits to make a maximum allowable cost list available to a contracted pharmacy in a readily usable format.
Index Headings of Original Version Health and Medical Services - Pharmacy benefit managers, requirements for
Hospitals and Nursing Homes - Pharmacy benefit managers, requirements for
Pharmacists - Pharmacy benefit managers, requirements for
Physicians and Practitioners - Pharmacy benefit managers, requirements for
Medicaid - Managed care organizations, pharmacies, drug cost, information for
Drugs and Medicines - Pharmacy benefit managers, requirements for

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01/30/12
  • introduced in Senate
02/01/12
  • to Health & Welfare (S)
02/08/12
  • reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
02/09/12
  • 2nd reading, to Rules
02/22/12
  • recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (S)


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