00 SENATE BILL NO. 210 01 "An Act relating to health care insurers; relating to pharmacy benefits managers; 02 relating to prescription drug cost sharing; and providing for an effective date." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04  * Section 1. AS 21.27.955 is amended to read: 05 Sec. 21.27.955. Definitions. In AS 21.27.901 - 21.27.960 [AS 21.27.901 - 06 21.27.955],  07 (1) "audit" means an official examination and verification of accounts 08 and records; 09 (2) "claim" means a request from a pharmacy or pharmacist to be 10 reimbursed for the cost of filling or refilling a prescription for a drug or for providing 11 a medical supply or device; 12 (3) "cost sharing" has the meaning given in AS 21.42.599;  13 (4) [(3)] "extrapolation" means the practice of inferring a frequency or 14 dollar amount of overpayments, underpayments, invalid claims, or other errors on any 01 portion of claims submitted, based on the frequency or dollar amount of 02 overpayments, underpayments, invalid claims, or other errors actually measured in a 03 sample of claims; 04 (5) "health care insurer" has the meaning given in AS 21.54.500;  05 (6) [(4)] "list" means the list of multi-source generic drugs for which a 06 predetermined reimbursement amount has been established such as a maximum 07 allowable cost or maximum allowable cost list or any other list of prices used by a 08 pharmacy benefits manager; 09 (7) [(5)] "multi-source generic drug" means any covered outpatient 10 prescription drug that the United States Food and Drug Administration has determined 11 is pharmaceutically equivalent or bioequivalent to the originator or name brand drug 12 and for which there are at least two drug products that are rated as therapeutically 13 equivalent under the United States Food and Drug Administration's most recent 14 publication of "Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations"; 15 (8) [(6)] "network pharmacy" means a pharmacy that provides covered 16 health care services or supplies to an insured or a member under a contract with a 17 network plan to act as a participating provider; 18 (9) [(7)] "pharmacy" has the meaning given in AS 08.80.480; 19 (10) [(8)] "pharmacy acquisition cost" means the amount that a 20 pharmaceutical wholesaler or distributor charges for a pharmaceutical product as listed 21 on the pharmacy's invoice; 22 (11) [(9)] "pharmacy benefits manager" means a person that 23 (A) contracts with a pharmacy on behalf of a health care [AN] 24 insurer to process claims or pay pharmacies for prescription drugs or medical 25 devices and supplies or provide network management for pharmacies; or 26 (B) contracts with or is employed by a health care insurer  27 to manage prescription drug benefits provided by the health care insurer,  28 including the processing and payment of claims for prescription drugs,  29 performance of prescription drug utilization review, processing of drug  30 prior authorization requests, adjudication of appeals or grievances related  31 to prescription drug benefits, contracting with network pharmacies, or  01 otherwise controlling the cost of prescription drugs;  02 (12) "rebate" has the meaning given in AS 21.42.599;  03 (13) [(10)] "recoupment" means the amount that a pharmacy must 04 remit to a pharmacy benefits manager when the pharmacy benefits manager has 05 determined that an overpayment to the pharmacy has occurred. 06  * Sec. 2. AS 21.27 is amended by adding a new section to article 9 to read: 07 Sec. 21.27.960. Cost sharing and prescription drugs. (a) A covered person's 08 cost sharing for a prescription drug shall be calculated at the point of sale based on a 09 price that is reduced by an amount equal to at least 85 percent of all rebates received, 10 or that will be received, in connection with the dispensing or administration of the 11 prescription drug. 12 (b) Nothing in this section prevents a health care insurer or an agent of a 13 health care insurer from reducing a covered person's cost sharing by an amount greater 14 than the amount calculated under (a) of this section. 15 (c) A pharmacy benefits manager may not be required to disclose the amount 16 of rebates a health care insurer or pharmacy benefits manager receives on a product- 17 specific, manufacturer-specific, or pharmacy-specific basis, except as required to 18 comply with this section. Information and records relating to the amount of rebates a 19 health insurer or pharmacy benefits manager receives on a product-specific, 20 manufacturer-specific, or pharmacy-specific basis are confidential for the purposes of 21 AS 21.06.060. 22 (d) If a provision in this section conflicts with federal law, the provision does 23 not apply to the extent of the conflict. 24  * Sec. 3. AS 21.42 is amended by adding a new section to read: 25 Sec. 21.42.435. Cost sharing and prescription drugs. (a) A covered person's 26 cost sharing for a prescription drug shall be calculated at the point of sale based on a 27 price that is reduced by an amount equal to at least 85 percent of all rebates received, 28 or that will be received, in connection with the dispensing or administration of the 29 prescription drug. 30 (b) A health care insurer shall reimburse a covered person for the cost of a 31 covered prescription drug dispensed or administered by a pharmacy that is not a 01 network pharmacy based on a price that is reduced by an amount equal to at least 85 02 percent of all rebates received, or that will be received, in connection with the 03 dispensing or administration of the prescription drug. 04 (c) Nothing in this section prevents a health care insurer or an agent of a 05 health care insurer from reducing a covered person's cost sharing by an amount greater 06 than the amount calculated under (a) of this section. 07 (d) A health care insurer or an agent of a health care insurer may not be 08 required to disclose the amount of rebates a health care insurer or pharmacy benefits 09 manager receives on a product-specific, manufacturer-specific, or pharmacy-specific 10 basis, except as required to comply with this section. Information and records relating 11 to the amount of rebates a health insurer or pharmacy benefits manager receives on a 12 product-specific, manufacturer-specific, or pharmacy-specific basis are confidential 13 for the purposes of AS 21.06.060. 14 (e) If a provision in this section conflicts with federal law, the provision does 15 not apply to the extent of the conflict. 16  * Sec. 4. AS 21.42.599 is amended by adding new paragraphs to read: 17 (9) "cost sharing" means a deductible, coinsurance, copayment, or 18 similar expense owed by a covered person under the terms of the covered person's 19 health care insurance plan; 20 (10) "network pharmacy" has the meaning given in AS 21.27.955; 21 (11) "price protection rebate" means a negotiated price concession that 22 accrues directly or indirectly to the health care insurer, or another party on behalf of 23 the health care insurer, in the event of an increase in the wholesale acquisition cost of 24 a drug above a specified threshold; 25 (12) "rebate" means a 26 (A) negotiated price concession, base price concession whether 27 or not described as a rebate, or reasonable estimate of any price protection 28 rebates and performance-based price concessions that may accrue directly or 29 indirectly to a health care insurer during the coverage year from a 30 manufacturer, dispensing pharmacy, or other party in connection with the 31 dispensing or administration of a prescription drug; or 01 (B) reasonable estimate of any negotiated price concessions, 02 fees, and other administrative costs that are passed through, or are reasonably 03 anticipated to be passed through, to the health care insurer and serve to reduce 04 the health care insurer's prescription drug liabilities. 05  * Sec. 5. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 06 read: 07 APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to an insurance policy or contract issued, 08 delivered, or renewed on or after the effective date of this Act. 09  * Sec. 6. This Act takes effect January 1, 2023.