[Enforcement suspended pending litigation]

An Act relating to insurance; creating the Patient’s Right to Pharmacy Choice Act; declaring purpose; defining terms; providing for compliance standards for retail pharmacy networks; providing for review of retail pharmacy network access; prohibiting certain actions; prohibiting certain restrictions; requiring a pharmacy benefits manager to establish and maintain an electronic claim inquiry processing system; requiring health insurer to monitor compliance; requiring specific uses for certain compensation; requiring health insurer file annual report; directing a health insurer’s pharmacy and therapeutics committee to establish a formulary; prohibiting conflicts of interest; providing conditions for persons to serve on pharmacy and therapeutics committee; prohibiting compensation; authorizing Insurance Commissioner investigative powers; establishing a Right to Patient Choice Advisory Committee; providing the Right to Patient Choice Advisory Committee with certain powers; providing for composition and appointment of the Right to Patient Choice Advisory Committee; providing term length; providing hearings be held in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act; providing for confidentiality; providing exception; providing for codification; and providing an effective date.