58-29E-8.1. Provision of information to a patient.A 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. Source: SL 2018, ch 281, §1; SL 2023, ch 166, §10.
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