Adopted

AMENDMENT NO 2 PROPOSED TO

Cmte Sub for Senate Bill No. 2677

BY: Senator(s) Parks

     AMEND by deleting lines 172-175 and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

          ( * * *mr)  "Plan sponsors" means the employers, insurance companies, unions and health maintenance organizations that contract, either directly or indirectly, with a pharmacy benefit manager for delivery of prescription drugs and/or services.

     AMEND on line 224 by deleting "manager" and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

manager

     AMEND on line 374 by inserting the following after "of":

no

     AMEND on line 375 by deleting the following:

business

     AMEND by inserting the following below line 505 and renumbering the subsequent subsection(s):

     (5)  A pharmacy benefit manager or third-party payer shall not charge or cause a patient to pay an amount that exceeds the total amount retained by the pharmacy.