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Terms Used In Iowa Code 510B.4

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
510B.4 Standards of conduct — good faith — conflict of interest.
1. A pharmacy benefits manager shall exercise good faith and fair dealing in the performance of the pharmacy benefits manager’s contractual obligations toward a third-party payor.
2. A pharmacy benefits manager shall notify a health carrier in writing of any activity, policy, practice ownership interest, or affiliation of the pharmacy benefits manager that presents any conflict of interest.
3. A pharmacy benefits manager shall act in the best interest of each third-party payor for whom the pharmacy benefits manager manages a prescription drug benefit provided by the third-party payor, and shall discharge its duties in accordance with applicable state and federal law.
2007 Acts, ch 193, §4, 9; 2022 Acts, ch 1113, §3, 16, 23
2022 amendment applies to pharmacy benefits managers that manage a prescription drug benefit in the state on or after June 13, 2022;
2022 Acts, ch 1113, §16