Legislation


S 359 – South Carolina

Status: Enacted
Year Introduced: 2019
Link: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0359&session=123&summary=B

An act to amend the code of laws of South Carolina, 1976, by adding article 21 to chapter 71, title 38 so as to establish a license requirement for pharmacy benefits managers, to prohibit a pharmacy benefits manager from restricting or penalizing a pharmacy from performing certain actions or disclosing certain information, to prohibit a pharmacy benefits manager from undertaking certain actions, to set certain requirements for a maximum allowable cost list, and to authorize the director of the department of insurance to enforce the provisions of this article; to amend section 38-2-10, as amended, relating to administrative penalties, so as to apply certain administrative penalties to pharmacy benefits managers; to amend section 38-71-1810, relating to pharmacy audit rights, so as to allow a pharmacy to submit records in an electronic format or by certified mail and to prohibit certain errors from serving as the sole basis of the rejection of a claim; and to repeal article 20 of chapter 71, title 38 relating to pharmacy benefit managers.


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