RCW 43.71C.030
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(1)By March 1st of each year, a pharmacy benefit manager must submit to the authority the following data from the previous calendar year:
(a)All discounts, including the total dollar amount and percentage discount, and all rebates received from a manufacturer for each drug on the pharmacy benefit manager's formularies;
(b)The total dollar amount of all discounts and rebates that are retained by the pharmacy benefit manager for each drug on the pharmacy benefit manager's formularies;
(c)Actual total reimbursement amounts for each drug the pharmacy benefit manager pays retail pharmacies after all direct and indirect administrative and other fees that have been retrospectively charged to the pharmacies are applied;
(d)The negotiated price health plans pay the pharmacy benefit manager for each drug on the pharmacy benefit manager's formularies;
(e)The amount, terms, and conditions relating to copayments, reimbursement options, and other payments or fees associated with a prescription drug benefit plan;
(f)Disclosure of any ownership interest the pharmacy benefit manager has in a pharmacy or health plan with which it conducts business; and
(g)The results of any appeal filed pursuant to *RCW 19.340.100 (3).
(2)The information collected pursuant to this section is not subject to public disclosure under chapter 42.56 RCW.
(3)The authority may examine or audit the financial records of a pharmacy benefit manager for purposes of ensuring the information submitted under this section is accurate. Information the authority acquires in an examination of financial records pursuant to this subsection is proprietary and confidential.
[ 2019 c 334 s 4 .]
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*Reviser's note: RCW 19.340.100 was recodified as RCW 48.200.280 pursuant to 2020 c 240 s 18, effective January 1, 2022.