Plain English Breakdown
The official text states the website must display 'specified information' including name, number, and date, but does not list every possible data point required.
Pharmacy Benefit Manager Licensing Website
This law requires the Department of Managed Health Care to create a public website listing details about licensed pharmacy benefit managers and makes a technical update to rules regarding Medi-Cal services for inmates.
What This Bill Does
- Requires the Department of Managed Health Care to maintain a public internet website.
- Lists specified information for each licensed pharmacy benefit manager on that site, including legal name, license number, and expiration date.
- Makes a technical, nonsubstantive change to existing rules about targeted Medi-Cal services for qualifying inmates.
Who It Names or Affects
- The Department of Managed Health Care
- Pharmacy benefit managers that hold licenses
- Qualifying inmates in public institutions who receive targeted Medi-Cal services
Terms To Know
- Department of Managed Health Care
- The state agency responsible for licensing and regulating health care service plans.
- Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM)
- A company that contracts with a health plan or insurer and must secure a license from the Department of Managed Health Care starting in 2027.
- Medi-Cal
- California's program providing health care services to qualified low-income individuals, administered by the State Department of Health Care Services.
Limits and Unknowns
- The bill does not specify a deadline for when the website must be ready.
- The list on the website includes specific details like names and dates but may include other specified information as well.
- The change to inmate services is described only as technical and nonsubstantive, without detailing what that change involves.