Pharmacy benefit managers and health carriers required to include lower-cost drugs in their formularies, and formulary structure and formulary tiering for each health plan required to give preference to the drug with the lowest out-of-pocket cost to the patient.
Minnesota victims of crime account established, grants provided to crime victim service providers, fees and penalties for deposit in account increased, and money transferred from general fund to account.
Commissioner of human services directed to establish a prescription drug purchasing program, program authority and eligibility requirements specified, and recommendations required.
Commissioner of human services required to establish a directed pharmacy dispensing payment to improve and maintain access to pharmaceutical services, and money appropriated.
Use of tenant screening software that uses nonpublic competitor data to set rent prohibited, and use of software that is biased against protected classes prohibited.