PRINTER'S NO. 1748
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
941
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY HEFFLEY, MATZIE, NEILSON, WARNER, BURGOS, SAINATO,
FRANKEL, READSHAW, BARRAR, LONGIETTI, MILLARD, KEEFER, SIMS,
DeLUCA, BERNSTINE, MULLINS, CRUZ, WHEELAND, MARSHALL,
SCHWEYER, MOUL, BROWN, STRUZZI, KENYATTA, PYLE, McCLINTON,
DEASY, EVERETT, KNOWLES AND SCHMITT, MAY 7, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, MAY 7, 2019
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), entitled "An
act to consolidate, editorially revise, and codify the public
welfare laws of the Commonwealth," in public assistance,
providing for financial disclosures for pharmacy services.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known
as the Human Services Code, is amended by adding a section to
read:
Section 449.1. Financial Disclosures for Pharmacy
Services.--(a) A pharmacy benefits manager that contracts with
a medical assistance managed care organization under contract
with the department shall be prohibited from utilizing a
confidentiality provision which would in effect prohibit
disclosure of information to the medical assistance managed care
organization and the department upon request of the medical
assistance managed care organization or the department.
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