2019 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 38a - Insurance
Chapter 700c - Health Insurance
Section 38a-479ppp - (Note: This section is effective January 1, 2020.) Annual report by pharmacy benefits managers. Standardized form. Confidentiality of information. Penalty. Regulations. Commissioner's report to the General Assembly.
(a) Not later than March 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, each pharmacy benefits manager shall file a report with the commissioner for the immediately preceding calendar year. The report shall contain the following information for health carriers that delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, amended or continued health care plans that included a pharmacy benefit managed by the pharmacy benefits manager during such calendar year:
(1) The aggregate dollar amount of all rebates concerning drug formularies used by such health carriers that such manager collected from pharmaceutical manufacturers that manufactured outpatient prescription drugs that (A) were covered by such health carriers during such calendar year, and (B) are attributable to patient utilization of such drugs during such calendar year; and
(2) The aggregate dollar amount of all rebates, excluding any portion of the rebates received by such health carriers, concerning drug formularies that such manager collected from pharmaceutical manufacturers that manufactured outpatient prescription drugs that (A) were covered by such health carriers during such calendar year, and (B) are attributable to patient utilization of such drugs by covered persons under such health care plans during such calendar year.
(b) The commissioner shall establish a standardized form for reporting information pursuant to subsection (a) of this section after consultation with pharmacy benefits managers. The form shall be designed to minimize the administrative burden and cost of reporting on the department and pharmacy benefits managers.
(c) All information submitted to the commissioner pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200, except to the extent such information is included on an aggregated basis in the report required by subsection (d) of this section. The commissioner shall not disclose information submitted pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section, or information submitted pursuant to subdivision (2) of said subsection in a manner that (1) is likely to compromise the financial, competitive or proprietary nature of such information, or (2) would enable a third party to identify a health care plan, health carrier, pharmacy benefits manager, pharmaceutical manufacturer, or the value of a rebate provided for a particular outpatient prescription drug or therapeutic class of outpatient prescription drugs.
(d) Not later than March 1, 2022, and annually thereafter, the commissioner shall submit a report, in accordance with section 11-4a, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to insurance. The report shall contain (1) an aggregation of the information submitted to the commissioner pursuant to subsection (a) of this section for the immediately preceding calendar year, and (2) such other information as the commissioner, in the commissioner's discretion, deems relevant for the purposes of this section. Not later than February 1, 2022, and annually thereafter, the commissioner shall provide each pharmacy benefits manager and any third party affected by submission of a report required by this subsection with a written notice describing the content of the report.
(e) The commissioner may impose a penalty of not more than seven thousand five hundred dollars on a pharmacy benefits manager for each violation of this section.
(f) The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this section.
(P.A. 18-41, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 18-41 effective January 1, 2020.
