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2017 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 306
BY REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 46:460.36(D) and to repeal R.S. 46:460.36(B), (C), and (E),
3 relative to Medicaid managed care pharmacy reimbursements; to provide for the base
4 of reimbursement for prescription drugs; to repeal provisions regarding ingredient
5 cost reimbursement; to repeal requirements for a dispute process; to repeal cost
6 provisions; and to provide for related matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 46:460.36(D) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
9 ยง460.36. Pharmacy reimbursement by managed care organizations
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11 D. After June 15, 2016, no No managed care organization shall pay a local
12 pharmacy a per-prescription reimbursement at a rate less than the legacy Medicaid
13 rate. unless its contract with the department provides for a reimbursement dispute
14 process as described in Subsection C of this Section.
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1 Section 2. R.S. 46:460.36(B), (C), and (E) are hereby repealed in their entirety.
2 Section 3. This Act shall become effective on October 1, 2017.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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