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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)