HLS 20RS-60 ORIGINAL
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 321
BY REPRESENTATIVE ECHOLS
MEDICAID MANAGED CARE: Establishes a minimum generic dispensing rate
requirement in Medicaid managed care
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 46:460.31(7) and 460.32, relative to the Medicaid managed care program; to
3 provide for duties of the Louisiana Department of Health in administering the
4 Medicaid managed care program; to provide relative to the pharmacy programs of
5 Medicaid managed care organizations; to provide requirements for prescription
6 dispensing rates in such pharmacy programs; and to provide for related matters.
7Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 46:460.31(7) and 460.32 are hereby enacted to read as follows:
9 §460.31. Definitions
10 As used in this Part, the following terms have the meaning ascribed to them
11 in this Section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
12 * * *
13 (7) "Generic dispensing rate" means the proportion of all prescriptions
14 dispensed as a generic drug.
15 §460.32. Generic dispensing rate
16 The department shall take all such actions as are necessary to ensure that the
17 generic dispensing rate within the pharmacy program of each managed care
18 organization is at least ninety percent in any calendar year.
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HB NO. 321
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 321 Original 2020 Regular Session Echols
Abstract: Requires that the generic dispensing rate within the pharmacy program of each
Medicaid managed care organization is at least 90%.
Proposed law defines "generic dispensing rate" as the proportion of all prescriptions
dispensed as a generic drug.
Proposed law requires the La. Department of Health to take all such actions as are necessary
to ensure that the generic dispensing rate within the pharmacy program of each Medicaid
managed care organization is at least 90% in any calendar year.
(Adds R.S. 46:460.31(7) and 460.32)
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