HLS 20RS-644 ORIGINAL
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 297
BY REPRESENTATIVE JORDAN
INSURANCE: Provides for the membership of the pharmacy benefit manager monitoring
advisory council
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 40:2869(A)(16), relative to the pharmacy benefit manager
3 monitoring advisory council; to provide for the membership of the council; to
4 provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 40:2869(A)(16) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง2869. Pharmacy benefit manager monitoring advisory council; membership;
8 functions
9 A. There is hereby created a pharmacy benefit manager monitoring advisory
10 council, referred to hereafter in this Chapter as the "advisory council", that shall
11 consist of the following members, each of whom may appoint a designee:
12 * * *
13 (16) The president of a pharmacy benefit manager licensed by the Louisiana
14 Board of Pharmacy, selected by the Louisiana affiliate of the Pharmaceutical Care
15 Management Association from a list of interested and qualified individuals.
16 * * *
17 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
18signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
19by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
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HB NO. 297
1vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
2effective on the day following such approval.
DIGEST
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part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 297 Original 2020 Regular Session Jordan
Abstract: Revises the qualifications of the member of the pharmacy benefit manager
monitoring advisory council representing the Pharmaceutical Care Management
Association.
Present law creates the pharmacy benefit manager monitoring advisory council to provide
monitoring of pharmacy benefit managers in La. to advise the legislature, commissioner of
insurance, and Board of Pharmacy on the most effective and efficient manner of regulation
of pharmacy benefit managers to ensure the protection of the public.
Proposed law retains present law.
Present law provides for 20 members of the advisory council including the president of a
pharmacy benefit manager licensed by the Board of Pharmacy, selected by the La. affiliate
of the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association from a list of interested and qualified
individuals.
Proposed law changes the qualification of the member to the president of the Pharmaceutical
Care Management Association.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 40:2869(A)(16))
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