Section 2905 - Acting without a license(a) No person, firm, association, corporation or other entity may act as a pharmacy benefit manager on or after January first, two thousand twenty-four without having authority to do so by virtue of a license issued in force pursuant to the provisions of this article.(b) Any person, firm, association, corporation or other entity that violates this section shall, in addition to any other penalty provided by law, be liable for restitution and compensatory damages to any health plan, pharmacy, covered individual or other person harmed by the violation and further shall be subject to a penalty not exceeding the greater of (1) four thousand dollars for the first violation and ten thousand dollars for each subsequent violation or (2) the aggregate economic gross receipts attributable to all violations, as determined by the superintendent at a hearing.Amended by New York Laws 2022, ch. 128,Sec.2, eff. 12/31/2021 and Sec. 5 eff. 2/24/2022.Added by New York Laws 2021, ch. 828,Sec. 2, eff. 3/31/2022.