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House File 2192

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  513A.9  PHARMACEUTICAL CONTRACT
  1  2 DISCLOSURES.
  1  3    1.  A third-party payor providing payment or prepayment for
  1  4 prescription drugs under a policy or contract of individual or
  1  5 group accident and sickness insurance shall include in a
  1  6 contract or evidence of coverage form provided to the
  1  7 individual or group a disclosure of any drug formularies or
  1  8 other similar arrangements with pharmaceutical companies,
  1  9 including any rebate, discount, or other incentive received by
  1 10 the third-party payor under such formularies or arrangements.
  1 11    2.  For purposes of this section unless the context
  1 12 otherwise requires, a third-party payor means:
  1 13    a.  An accident and sickness insurer, subject to chapter
  1 14 509 or 514A.
  1 15    b.  A nonprofit health service corporation, subject to
  1 16 chapter 514.
  1 17    c.  A health maintenance organization, subject to chapter
  1 18 514B.
  1 19    d.  A preferred provider organization regulated under
  1 20 chapter 514F, or other similar organization.
  1 21    e.  Any other entity engaged in the business of insurance,
  1 22 risk transfer, or risk retention, which is subject to the
  1 23 jurisdiction of the commissioner.
  1 24    f.  An organized delivery system regulated under rules
  1 25 adopted by the director of public health.  
  1 26                           EXPLANATION
  1 27    This bill provides that a third-party payor of health
  1 28 benefits is to include in a contract or evidence of coverage
  1 29 form provided to an individual or group receiving such
  1 30 benefits a disclosure of any drug formularies or other similar
  1 31 arrangements with pharmaceutical companies, including any
  1 32 rebate, discount, or other incentive received by the third-
  1 33 party payor under such formularies or arrangements.  The bill
  1 34 applies to an accident and sickness insurer subject to Code
  1 35 chapter 509 or 514A; a nonprofit health service corporation,
  2  1 subject to Code chapter 514; a health maintenance
  2  2 organization, subject to Code chapter 514B; a preferred
  2  3 provider organization regulated under Code chapter 514F, or
  2  4 other similar organization; any other entity engaged in the
  2  5 business of insurance, risk transfer, or risk retention, which
  2  6 is subject to the jurisdiction of the commissioner; and an
  2  7 organized delivery system regulated under rules adopted by the
  2  8 director of public health.  
  2  9 LSB 3522HH 77
  2 10 mj/jw/5.1
     

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