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HB690 • 2025

Pharmacy benefits managers; duty of care to insureds, health plans, and providers; provide

Pharmacy benefits managers; duty of care to insureds, health plans, and providers; provide

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Sponsor
Newton, Mark
Last action
2025-03-04
Official status
House Second Readers
Effective date
Not listed

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HB690: New Rules for Pharmacy Benefits Managers

This bill requires pharmacy benefits managers in Georgia to follow a duty of care toward insureds, health plans, and providers.

What This Bill Does

  • Creates a legal duty of care that pharmacy benefits managers must owe to insureds, health plans, and providers.
  • Provides definitions for terms used within the new regulations.
  • Establishes rules and regulations governing how these managers operate.
  • Sets a priority order for duties when conflicts arise between different groups.
  • Allows individuals or entities harmed by violations to file private lawsuits.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Pharmacy benefits managers operating in Georgia
  • Insureds covered under health plans
  • Health plan administrators and insurers
  • Medical providers who dispense prescriptions

Limits and Unknowns

  • The official text does not specify the exact date when these new rules will take effect.
  • The bill mentions repealing conflicting laws but does not list which specific old laws are removed.

Bill History

  1. 2025-03-04 Georgia General Assembly

    House Second Readers

Official Summary Text

Pharmacy benefits managers; duty of care to insureds, health plans, and providers; provide