S 1020 New Jersey Senate · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Prohibits pharmacy benefits managers from requiring covered persons to use mail service pharmacies.

This bill prohibits pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs) from forcing health plan members to use mail-order pharmacies or automatically enrolling them without consent. It directly affects individuals covered by private health insurance, prescription benefit plans, or state health programs like the State Health Benefits Program. The key provision requires PBMs to offer members a choice between mail-order and traditional pharmacies, and to obtain written consent before using mail service. This stops practices where PBMs automatically enrolled members in mail-order programs without their agreement.
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Introduced Jan 9, 2024 Last action Jan 9, 2024
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Jan 9, 2024
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Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee
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Linda Greenstein
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