Statute · California Health and Safety Code
Cal. Health & Safety Code § 1385.0026 — Pharmacy Benefit Managers
Cal. Health & Safety Code § 1385.0026
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- California Health and Safety Code
- Jurisdiction
- California
- Date
- 2026-01-01
- Current through
- Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)
(a) A pharmacy benefit manager shall not impose any requirements, conditions, or exclusions that discriminate against a nonaffiliated pharmacy in connection with dispensing drugs.
Citator
Cal. Health & Safety Code § 1385.0026 — Pharmacy Benefit Managers is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
(a) A pharmacy benefit manager shall not impose any requirements, conditions, or exclusions that discriminate against a nonaffiliated pharmacy in connection with dispensing drugs.
(b) Discrimination prohibited pursuant to subdivision (a) includes all of the following:
(1) Terms or conditions applied to nonaffiliated pharmacies based on their status as a nonaffiliated pharmacy.
(2) Refusing to contract with or terminating a contract with a nonaffiliated pharmacy on the basis that the pharmacy is a nonaffiliated pharmacy or for reasons other than those that apply equally to affiliated pharmacies.
(3) Retaliation against a nonaffiliated pharmacy based on its exercise of any right or remedy under this article.
(4) Engaging in an unlawful action against a covered entity, including a violation of Section 127471.
(5) Reimbursing a nonaffiliated pharmacy less for a pharmacist service than the pharmacy benefit manager would reimburse an affiliated pharmacy for the same pharmacist service.
(c) This article does not preclude a pharmacy benefit manager or a purchaser of pharmacy benefit manager services from establishing a network of contracting pharmacies.