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California Code, Health and Safety Code - HSC § 1385.004

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) A health care service plan that contracts with a pharmacy benefit manager for management of any or all of its prescription drug coverage shall require the pharmacy benefit manager to do all of the following:

(1) Comply with the provisions of Section 1385.003.

(2) Register with the department pursuant to the requirements of this article.

(3) Exercise good faith and fair dealing in the performance of its contractual duties to a health care service plan.

(4) Comply with the requirements of Chapter 9.5 (commencing with Section 4430) of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code, as applicable.

(5) Inform all pharmacists under contract with or subject to contracts with the pharmacy benefit manager of the pharmacist's rights to submit complaints to the department under Section 1371.39 and of the pharmacist's rights as a provider under Section 1375.7.

(b) A pharmacy benefit manager shall notify a health care service plan in writing of any activity, policy, or practice of the pharmacy benefit manager that directly or indirectly presents a conflict of interest that interferes with the discharge of the pharmacy benefit manager's duty to the health care service plan to exercise good faith and fair dealing in the performance of its contractual duties pursuant to subdivision (a).

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