North Dakota Wants Redo of Pharmacy Benefit Manager Law Decision


Another State Pharmacy Benefit Manager Law Killed by 8th Cir.


50-State Scan of State Certificate-of-Need Programs


N.D. Cent. Code §§ 9-08-01 through 9-08-06: Unlawful and Voidable Contracts

Any provision of a contract is unlawful if it is:
1. Contrary to an express provision of law;
2. Contrary to the policy of express law, though not expressly prohibited; or
3. Otherwise contrary to good morals. A contract by which anyone is restrained from exercising a lawful profession, trade, or business of any kind is to that extent void, except in the sale of a business or in dissolution of a partnership.


N.D. Cent. Code §§ 26.1-04-01 through 26.1-04-19: Prohibited Practices in Insurance Business

An insurance company organized under this title may not deal or trade, directly or indirectly, in the buying or selling of any goods, wares, merchandise, or other commodities whatsoever, except such as may have been insured by the company and are claimed to be damaged by reason of the risk insured against. Prohibits most favored nation clauses in an agreement between an insurance carrier and a participating provider as an unfair method of competition. A most favored nations clause is an agreement between a payer (such as an insurance company) and a provider that typically requires a provider to give the payer the lowest rate that it gave to any other comparable payer, which can be anticompetitive by encouraging oligopolistic pricing by large payers and increasing barriers for new entrants.


States can do more to make healthcare affordable, report says


HB 1373

A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 23-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to state medical anti-kickback laws; to provide a penalty; and to provide an effective date.


HCR 3026

A concurrent resolution urging Congress and the Internal Revenue Service to allow states to determine health benefit coverage requirements without jeopardizing health savings account eligibility.


SB 2243

AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 3 of section 50-24.6-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to prior authorization for medical assistance.


SCR 4002

A concurrent resolution urging Congress to address the rising costs and availability of medications and health care for individuals with diabetes and coverage of those costs.