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c. Approved by the federal food and drug administration for use without a
14prescription.
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2. A disability insurance policy, self-insured health plan, or pharmacy benefit
16manager is not required to provide advanced written notice under par. (a) if, for the
17prescription drug that is being removed from the formulary or reassigned to a benefit
18tier that has a higher deductible, copayment, or coinsurance, the policy, plan, or
19pharmacy benefit manager adds to the formulary a generic prescription drug that
20is approved by the federal food and drug administration for use as an alternative to
21the prescription drug or a prescription drug in the same pharmacologic class or with
22the same mechanism of action at any of the following benefit tiers:
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a. The same benefit tier from which the prescription drug is being removed or
24reassigned.
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1b. A benefit tier that has a lower deductible, copayment, or coinsurance than
2the benefit tier from which the prescription drug is being removed or reassigned.
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(c) A pharmacist or pharmacy shall notify an enrollee in a disability insurance
4policy or self-insured health plan if a prescription drug for which an enrollee is filling
5or refilling a prescription is removed from the formulary and the policy or plan or a
6pharmacy benefit manager acting on behalf of a policy or plan adds to the formulary
7a generic prescription drug that is approved by the federal food and drug
8administration for use as an alternative to the prescription drug or a prescription
9drug in the same pharmacologic class or with the same mechanism of action at any
10of the following benefit tiers:
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1. The same benefit tier from which the prescription drug is being removed or
12reassigned.
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2. A benefit tier that has a lower deductible, copayment, or coinsurance than
14the benefit tier from which the prescription drug is being removed or reassigned.
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(d) If an enrollee has had an adverse reaction to the generic prescription drug
16or the prescription drug in the same pharmacologic class or with the same
17mechanism of action that is being substituted for an originally prescribed drug, the
18pharmacist or pharmacy may extend the prescription order for the originally
19prescribed drug to fill one 30-day supply of the originally prescribed drug for the
20cost-sharing amount that applies to the prescription drug at the time of the
21substitution.
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22Section
16. 632.865 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 632.865 (1) (aw).
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23Section
17. 632.865 (1) (ae) and (ak) of the statutes are created to read:
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632.865
(1) (ae) “Health benefit plan” has the meaning given in s. 632.745 (11).
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(ak) “Health care provider” has the meaning given in s. 146.81 (1).
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1Section
18. 632.865 (1) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 632.865 (1) (c) (intro.)
2and amended to read:
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632.865
(1) (c) (intro.) “Pharmacy benefit manager" means an entity doing
4business in this state that contracts to administer or manage prescription drug
5benefits on behalf of any
of the following:
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61. An insurer
or other.
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73. Another entity that provides prescription drug benefits to residents of this
8state.
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9Section 19
. 632.865 (1) (c) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
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632.865
(1) (c) 2. A cooperative, as defined in s. 185.01 (2).
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11Section
20. 632.865 (1) (dm) of the statutes is created to read:
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632.865
(1) (dm) “Prescription drug" has the meaning given in s. 450.01 (20).
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13Section
21. 632.865 (3) to (7) of the statutes are created to read:
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632.865
(3) License required. No person may perform any activities of a
15pharmacy benefit manager without being licensed by the commissioner as an
16administrator or pharmacy benefit manager under s. 633.14.
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17(4) Accreditation for network participation. A pharmacy benefit manager or
18a representative of a pharmacy benefit manager shall provide to a pharmacy, within
1930 days of receipt of a written request from the pharmacy, a written notice of any
20certification or accreditation requirements used by the pharmacy benefit manager
21or its representative as a determinant of network participation. A pharmacy benefit
22manager or a representative of a pharmacy benefit manager may change its
23accreditation requirements no more frequently than once every 24 months.
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1(5) Retroactive claim reduction. Unless required otherwise by federal law,
2a pharmacy benefit manager may not retroactively deny or reduce a pharmacist's or
3pharmacy's claim after adjudication of the claim unless any of the following is true:
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(a) The original claim was submitted fraudulently.
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(b) The payment for the original claim was incorrect. Recovery for an incorrect
6payment under this paragraph is limited to the amount that exceeds the allowable
7claim.
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(c) The pharmacy services were not rendered by the pharmacist or pharmacy.
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(d) In making the claim or performing the service that is the basis for the claim,
10the pharmacist or pharmacy violated state or federal law.
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(e) The reduction is permitted in a contract between a pharmacy and a
12pharmacy benefit manager and is related to a quality program.