§ 510b-10

510B.10 Enforcement. 1. The commissioner may take any enforcement action under the commissioner’s authority to enforce compliance with this chapter. 2. After notice and hearing, the commissioner may issue any order or impose any penalty pursuant to section 507B.7, and may suspend or revoke a pharmacy benefits manager’scertificate of registration as a third-party administrator upon a finding that the pharmacybenefits manager violated this chapter, or any applicable requirements pertaining tothird-party administrators under chapter 510. 3. A pharmacy benefits manager shall be subject to the commissioner’s authority to conduct an examination pursuant to chapter 507. 4. A pharmacy benefits manager is subject to the commissioner’s authority to conduct a proceeding pursuant to chapter 507B. The procedures set forth in chapter 507B regardingproceedings shall apply to a proceeding related to a pharmacy benefits manager under thischapter. 5. A pharmacy benefits manager is subject to the commissioner’s authority to conduct an examination, audit, or inspection pursuant to chapter 510 for third-party administrators.The procedures set forth in chapter 510 for third-party administrators shall

ssioner’s authority to conduct an examination, audit, or inspection pursuant to chapter 510 for third-party administrators.The procedures set forth in chapter 510 for third-party administrators shall apply to anexamination, audit, or inspection of a pharmacy benefits manager under this chapter. 6. If the commissioner conducts an examination of a pharmacy benefits manager under chapter 507; a proceeding under chapter 507B; or an examination, audit, or inspectionunder chapter 510, all information received from the pharmacy benefits manager, and allnotes, work papers, or other documents related to the examination, proceeding, audit, orinspection shall be confidential records pursuant to chapter 22 and shall be accorded thesame confidentiality as notes, work papers, investigatory materials, or other documentsrelated to the examination of an insurer as provided in section 507.14. 7. A violation of this chapter shall be an unfair or deceptive act or practice in the business of insurance pursuant to section 507B.4, subsection 3. 2022 Acts, ch 1113, §12, 16, 23Section applies to pharmacy benefits managers that manage a prescription drug benefit in the state on or after June 13, 2022; 2022

uant to section 507B.4, subsection 3. 2022 Acts, ch 1113, §12, 16, 23Section applies to pharmacy benefits managers that manage a prescription drug benefit in the state on or after June 13, 2022; 2022 Acts, ch 1113, §16 Former section 510B.10 stricken by 2022 Acts, ch 1113, §12; see §510B.8(2) Sat Dec 23 00:42:30 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 510B.10 (10, 0)