SENATE BILL 77
53rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2017
INTRODUCED BY
Steven P. Neville
AN ACT
RELATING TO PHARMACEUTICALS; ENACTING A SECTION OF THE PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGER REGULATION ACT TO BAN CERTAIN FEES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. A new section of the Pharmacy Benefits Manager Regulation Act is enacted to read:
"[NEW MATERIAL] PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGERS--PROHIBITED PHARMACY FEES.--Either at the time of claim adjudication or at any time before or thereafter, a pharmacy benefits manager shall not charge or hold a pharmacist or pharmacy responsible for a fee for any step or component of, or mechanism related to, the adjudication of a claim, including:
A. the adjudication of a pharmacy benefit claim;
B. the processing or transmission of a pharmacy benefit claim;
C. the development or management of a claim processing or adjudication network; or
D. participation in a claim processing or claim adjudication network."
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