2021 Maryland Statutes
Insurance
Title 15 - Health Insurance
Subtitle 20 - Pharmacy Services Administrative Organizations
Section 15-2016 - Certain Contractual Requirements Prohibited -- Certain Disclosures to Commissioner
(a) A pharmacy services administrative organization that owns or is owned by, in whole or in part, an entity that manufactures, sells, or distributes prescription drugs, biologics, or medical devices may not require, as a condition of entering into a pharmacy services administrative contract, that an independent pharmacy purchase any drugs, biologics, or medical devices from the entity.
(b) A pharmacy services administrative organization that owns or is owned by, in whole or in part, any entity that manufactures, sells, or distributes prescription drugs, biologics, or medical devices shall disclose to the Commissioner any agreement with an independent pharmacy under which the independent pharmacy purchases prescription drugs, biologics, or medical devices from the entity.
