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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 1916 By: Standridge
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61	61	AS INTRODUCED
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63	63	An Act relating to prescription drugs; creating the
64	64	Oklahoma Patient Right to Know Act; providing short
65	65	title; defining terms; authorizing pharmacists to
66	66	request certain information on behalf of certain
67	67	persons; requiring response from certain entities
68	68	within certain timeframe ; establishing fine for
69	69	certain violation; directing transmissi on of certain
70	70	fine to the Insurance Department for certain deposit;
71	71	directing rule promulgation; providing for
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77	77	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
78	78	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
79	79	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 6980 of Title 36, unless there
80	80	is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
81	81	This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Oklahoma
82	82	Patient Right to Know Act ”.
83	83	SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
84	84	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 6981 of Title 36, unless there
85	85	is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
86	86	A. For the purpose of this section:
87	87	1. “Insurer” means any entity or insurer autho rized to provide
88	88	health insurance or health benefits pursuant to the laws of this
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140	140	state and any entity or person engaged in the business of providing
141	141	contracts for accident or health insurance;
142	142	2. “Manufacturer” means any person, business, or entity that
143	143	holds the National Drug Code for a prescription drug and is engaged
144	144	in the production, preparatio n, propagation, compounding,
145	145	conversion, or processing of drug products in this state. It shall
146	146	also include any person, business , or entity that is engaged in the
147	147	packaging, repackaging, labeling, relabeling , or distribution of
148	148	drug products in this state, or any person, business , or entity that
149	149	causes the drug products to be compounded, packaged , or transported
150	150	in this state. Provided, the term manufacturer shall not include a
151	151	wholesale drug distributor, as defined in this section, or a retail
152	152	pharmacy licensed by the State Board of Pharmacy;
153	153	3. “Pharmacist” means any person licensed by the State Board of
154	154	Pharmacy to practice pharmacy in this state;
155	155	4. “Pharmacy benefits man ager” means a person, business , or
156	156	entity, and any partially or wholly owned subsidiary of an entity,
157	157	doing business in this state wh ich contracts to administer or manage
158	158	prescription drug benefits on behal f of a managed care company,
159	159	nonprofit hospital, m edical service organization, insurance company,
160	160	third-party payor, or a health program administered by a department
161	161	of this state; and
162	162	5. “Wholesale drug distributor ” means a person, business , or
163	163	entity licensed by the State Board of Pharmacy and engaged in the
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215	215	sale of prescription drugs to another person, business , or entity
216	216	other than a consumer or patient. This includes but is not limited
217	217	to manufacturers, repackagers, ow n-label distributors, private la bel
218	218	distributors, jobbers, brokers, warehouses inc luding manufacturers ’
219	219	and distributors’ warehouses, chain drug warehouses, whol esale drug
220	220	warehouses, independent wholesale drug traders , and retail
221	221	pharmacies that conduct wholesale distributions.
222	222	B. 1. Beginning January 1, 202 5, a pharmacist, on behalf of a
223	223	patient obtaining a prescription drug or drugs, as defined in
224	224	paragraph 2 of Section 5040.3 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes,
225	225	shall be authorized to submit a reques t in writing from the patient,
226	226	on a form prescribed by the State Board of Pharmacy , for information
227	227	on the specific alloc ation of the dollar amount of the retail price
228	228	provided to the insurer, manufacturer, wholesale dr ug distributor,
229	229	and pharmacy benefit s manager for the drug or drugs being dispensed
230	230	pursuant to the prescription.
231	231	2. The insurer, manufacturer, wholesale drug distributor , and
232	232	pharmacy benefits manager shall have thirty (30) days from receipt
233	233	of the request from the pharmacist to provide the i nformation
234	234	requested.
235	235	3. If the information is not provided to the pharmacist w ithin
236	236	thirty (30) days, a fine of Fifty D ollars ($50.00) per day, per
237	237	request shall be paid to the pharmacy by any entity failing to
238	238	provide the information required by this section. The pharmacy
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290	290	shall remit any amount received to t he Insurance Department ;
291	291	provided, however, that the pharmacy is authorized to charge a
292	292	handling fee in an amount to be determined by the Insurance
293	293	Department. The Insurance Department shall deposit the remaining
294	294	amount of the fine to the credit of the State Insurance Commissio ner
295	295	Revolving Fund for the operations of the Office of the Insurance
296	296	Commissioner, pursuant to Section 307.3 of Title 36 of the Oklahoma
297	297	Statutes.
298	298	C. The Insurance Department shall promulgate rules to implement
299	299	the provisions of thi s section.
300	300	SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
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