Section 58-29E-8.1 - Provision of information to a patientA pharmacy benefit manager may neither prohibit a pharmacist or pharmacy from, nor penalize a pharmacist or pharmacy for, informing a covered individual about:
(1) The cost of a prescription drug;(2) The amount of reimbursement that the pharmacy will receive for dispensing the prescription drug;(3) The cost and clinical efficacy of a more affordable alternative prescription drug, if one is available; and(4) Any differential between the amount a covered individual would pay under the covered individual's prescription drug benefit and a lower price the covered individual would pay for the prescription drug, if the covered individual obtained the prescription drug without making a claim for benefits on the covered individual's prescription drug benefit.SL 2018, ch 281, §1; SL 2023, ch 166, §10.Amended by S.L. 2023, ch. 166,s. 10, eff. 7/1/2023.Added by S.L. 2018, ch. 281,s. 1, eff. 7/1/2018.