RCW 48.43.430
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(1)Beginning January 1, 2021, the maximum amount a health carrier or pharmacy benefit manager may require a person to pay at the point of sale for a covered prescription medication is the lesser of:
(a)The applicable cost sharing for the prescription medication; or
(b)The amount the person would pay for the prescription medication if the person purchased the prescription medication without using a health plan.
(2)A health carrier or pharmacy benefit manager may not require a pharmacist to dispense a brand name prescription medication when a less expensive therapeutically equivalent generic prescription medication is available.
(3)For purposes of this section, "pharmacy benefit manager" has the same meaning as in *RCW 19.340.010 .
[ 2020 c 116 s 1 .]
Notes:
*Reviser's note: RCW 19.340.010 was repealed by 2020 c 240 s 19, effective January 1, 2022. For later enactment, see RCW 48.200.020 .