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636 BILL NO. 1860 By: McCortney, Taylor, Bullard,
737 Burns, Garvin, Stanley,
838 Pemberton, Standridge,
939 Stephens, Rader, Coleman,
1040 Pederson, Simpson, Kidd,
1141 Murdock, Jech, Leewright,
1242 and Rogers of the Senate
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2251 An Act relating to the Patient’s Right to Pharmacy
2352 Choice Act; amending 36 O.S. 2021, Sections 6960,
2453 6961, 6962, and 6963, which relate to definitions,
2554 retail pharmacy network access standards, compliance
2655 review, and health insurer monitoring; defining
2756 terms; modifying definition; expanding retail
2857 pharmacy network access standards; prohibiting
2958 pharmacy benefits managers fro m requiring patient use
3059 affiliated pharmacy; providing for expansion of
3160 pharmacy network participation; prohibitin g provider
3261 contracts from limiting the ability of a pharmacy to
3362 disclose certain health car e and cost informatio n;
3463 providing health insurers perform ing pharmacy
3564 benefits management activities be responsible for
3665 certain conduct; modifyin g patient choices of in-
3766 network pharmacy; providing that pharmacy benefits
3867 managers not require or incentivize individuals
3968 through certain means; construing provision;
4069 repealing 36 O.S. 2021, Section 6964, which relates
4170 to Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee s; updating
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46-SUBJECT: Pharmacy Choice
75+BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKL AHOMA:
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52103 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 36 O.S. 2021, Section 6960, is
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55105 Section 6960. For purposes of the Patient ’s Right to Pharmacy
56106 Choice Act:
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58107 1. “Health insurer” means any corporation, association, benefit
59108 society, exchange, partn ership or individual licensed by the
60109 Oklahoma Insurance Code;
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62110 2. “Mail-order pharmacy” means a pharmacy licensed by this
63111 state that primarily dispenses and delivers covered drugs via common
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66113 3. “Pharmacy benefits management” means any or all of t he
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69115 a. provider contract negotiation and/or provider network
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79122 4. “Pharmacy benefits manager ” or “PBM” means a person or
80123 entity that performs pharmacy benefits management activities and any
81124 other person or entity acting for such a person or entity performing
82125 pharmacy benefits management activities. under a contractual or
83126 employment relationship in the performance of pharmacy benefits
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84154 management for a managed -care company, nonprofit hospital, medical
85155 service organization, insurance company, third-party payor or a
86156 health program administered by a department of this state
87157 Notwithstanding any other provision within the Patient’s Right to
88158 Pharmacy Choice Act, a self-funded plan administered by an employe r
89159 or organized labor union who negotiates and executes all provi der
90160 contracts directly with a pharmacy or the pharmacy’s contracted
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93161 pharmacy services administrative organization, and a pharmacy
94162 provider who does not use a pharmacy services administrative
95163 organization shall not be deemed a pharmacy benefits manager of its
96164 own group health plan and shall not be restricted in its ability to
97165 design and manage its own group health plan ;
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99166 4. “Pharmacy and therapeutics committee ” or “P&T committee”
100167 means a committee at a ho spital or a health insurance plan that
101168 decides which drugs will appear on that entity’s drug formulary;
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103169 5. “Retail pharmacy” or “provider” means a pharmacy, as defined
104170 in Section 353.1 of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes , licensed by
105171 the State Board of P harmacy or an agent or representative of a
106172 pharmacy;
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108173 5. 6. “Retail pharmacy network” means retail pharmacy providers
109174 contracted with a PBM in which the pharmacy primarily fills and
110175 sells prescriptions via a retail, storefront location;
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112203 6. 7. “Rural service area” means a five-digit ZIP code in whic h
113204 the population density is less than one thousand (1,000) individuals
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116206 8. “Specialty drug” means prescription medication that requires
117207 special handling, administration, or monit oring and is used for the
118208 treatment of patients with serious health conditions requiring
119209 complex therapies. Specialty drugs shall also include drugs that
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123212 7. 9. “Suburban service area” means a five-digit ZIP code in
124213 which the population density is between one thousand (1,000) and
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131218 SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 36 O.S. 2021, Section 6961, is
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140223 residing in an each urban service area live within t wo (2) miles of
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144253 2. At least ninety percent (90%) of covered individuals
145254 residing in an each urban service area live within five (5) miles of
146255 a retail pharmacy designated as a preferred participating pharmacy
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155262 residing in a each suburban service area live within seven (7) miles
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173276 pharmacies that are directly or i ndirectly owned by the or
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174304 affiliated with a pharmacy benefits manager, including all regular
175305 prescriptions, refills or specialty drugs regardless of d ay supply.
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179306 D. Pharmacy benefits managers shall no t in any manner on any
180307 material, including but not limit ed to mail and ID cards, include
181308 the name of any pharm acy, hospital or other providers unless it
182309 specifically lists all pharmacies, hospitals and prov iders
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186312 SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 36 O.S. 2021, Section 6962, is
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189314 Section 6962. A. The Oklahoma Insurance Department shall
190315 review and approve retail pharmacy net work access for all pharmacy
191316 benefits managers (PBMs) to ensure compliance with Section 4 of this
192317 act 6961 of this title.
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200322 2. Charge a pharmacist or pharmacy a fee related to the
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208354 c. the development or management of claims proces sing
209355 services or claims payment services related to
210356 participation in a retail pharmacy network;
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212357 3. Reimburse a pharmacy or pharmacist in the state an amount
213358 less than the amount th at the PBM reimburse s a pharmacy owned by or
214359 under common ownership with a PBM for providing the same covered
215360 services. The reimb ursement amount paid to the pharmacy shall be
216361 equal to the reimbursement amount calculated on a per-unit basis
217362 using the same generic product iden tifier or generic code number
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222364 4. Deny a pharmacy the opport unity to participate in any form
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224366 network, preferred, or otherwise, if the pharmacy is willing to
225367 accept the terms and conditions that th e PBM has established for
226368 other pharmacies as a condit ion of preferred network for
227369 participation status in the network or networks of the pharmacy ’s
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230371 5. Deny, limit or termi nate a pharmacy’s contract based on
231372 employment status of any employee who h as an active license to
232373 dispense, despite probation st atus, with the State Board of
233374 Pharmacy;
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235375 6. Retroactively deny or reduce reimbursement for a cove red
236376 service claim after return ing a paid claim res ponse as part of the
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239405 a. the original claim was submitted fraudulently, or
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243408 356.2 and 356.3 of Title 59 of the Okla homa Statutes;
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261422 penalize such pharmacy for infor ming, an individual of
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267426 purchase the drug directly the nature of treatment,
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271456 b. ensure that any entity that provides pharmacy benefits
272457 management services under a contract with any such
273458 health plan or health insurance coverage does not,
274459 with respect to such plan or cover age, restrict,
275460 directly or indirectly, a pharmacy that dispenses a
276461 prescription drug from informing, or penalize such
277462 pharmacy for informing, a covered individual of any
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300508 pharmacist or pharmacy 3. Provider contracts shall not prohibit,
301509 restrict or limit disclosure of information to the Insurance
302510 Commissioner, law enfo rcement or state and federal governmental
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309514 3. 4. A pharmacy benefits manager shall establish and maintain
310515 an electronic claim inquiry processing sys tem using the National
311516 Council for Prescription Drug Programs’ current standards to
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318521 monitoring all activities carried out by, or on behalf of, the
319522 health insurer under the Patient ’s Right to Pharmacy Choice Act, and
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332560 cash price for the purchase of a prescription d rug is less than the
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340566 E. 1. An individual’s A patient’s choice of in-network
341567 provider may include a retail an in-network pharmacy or a, whether
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343569 pharmacy, mail-order pharmacy, or any other pharmacy . A health
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345571 network pharmacy providers. Such A health insurer or PBM shall not
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359608 mail order pharmacy, or any other type of pharmacy.
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361609 2. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit a
362610 person or entity participating in pharmacy benefits m anagement
363611 activities from directing a patient to use a specific pharmacy for
364612 the purchase of a specialty drug as de fined in paragraph 8 of
365613 Section 1 of this act in the event the patient’s chosen in-network
366614 pharmacy is unable to purchase and dispense the specialty drug.
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368615 F. A health insurer, pha rmacy or PBM shall adh ere to all
369616 Oklahoma laws, statutes and rules when mail ing, shipping and/or
370617 causing to be mailed or shipped prescription drugs into the State of
371618 Oklahoma this state.
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373619 SECTION 5. REPEALER 36 O.S. 2021, Section 6964, is
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394-OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
395-Received by the Office of the Governor this _______ _____________
396-day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
397-By: _______________________________ __
398-Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____
399-day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
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402- Governor of the State of Oklahoma
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405-OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
406-Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________
407-day of __________________, 20 _______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
408-By: _______________________________ __
623+COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH, dated 04/06/2022 -
624+DO PASS, As Coauthored.