RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 723 (HB 673) 2022 Regular Session Jordan
Existing law provides for the pharmacy benefit manager monitoring advisory council and
provides for membership, functions, and matters for the council to advise the commissioner
of insurance and the board of pharmacy relative to the regulation of pharmacy benefit
managers.
New law adds the governor, the chairman of the House Committee on Insurance, the
chairman of the House Committee on Health and Welfare, the chairman of the Senate
Committee on Health and Welfare, and the chairman of the Senate Committee on Insurance
to the pharmacy benefit manager monitoring advisory council and otherwise retains existing
law.
New law provides that the advisory council may conduct and its members may attend and
participate in meetings via electronic means.
New law provides that no later than 24 hours prior to a meeting conducted electronically in
accordance with the provisions of new law, the La. Board of Pharmacy, the Dept. of
Insurance, and the advisory council shall provide notice, an agenda, and certain detailed
information for the public.
New law requires the advisory council to provide a mechanism to receive public comments
electronically, both prior to and during the meeting, to properly identify and acknowledge
all public comments throughout the meeting, and to maintain those comments in its record
of the meeting.
New law requires the presiding officer of the advisory council to ensure that each person
participating in the meeting is properly identified and all parts of the meeting are clear and
audible to all participants in the meeting, as well as the public.
New law defines "meeting via electronic means", "teleconference", and "video conference"
for the purposes of new law.
Effective upon signature of governor (June 18, 2022).
(Amends R.S. 40:2869(D) and (E); Adds R.S. 40:2869(A)(21)-(25) and (F) and R.S. 42:17.2)