Amendment ID: S2499-7

Amendment 7

Prohibiting Self-Dealing by Pharmacy Benefit Managers and Pharmacies Under Common Ownership

Ms. Creem moves that the proposed new draft be amended in line 1646 by inserting after the word “record” the following:- “.

Section 4. A health benefit plan or pharmacy benefit manager shall not require an insured to use, or penalize or provide financial incentives, including variations in premiums, deductibles, copayments, or coinsurance, to insureds as incentives to use, a specific retail pharmacy, mail order pharmacy, or other network pharmacy provider in which the health benefit plan or pharmacy benefit manager has an ownership interest, that has an ownership interest in the health benefit plan or pharmacy benefit manager, or that is otherwise under common ownership with the health benefit plan or pharmacy benefit manager".