California Health and Safety Code

§ 130530

HSC § 130530 Effective Jan 1, 2007Div. 112 · Ch. 4

Statute text

(a)The department shall encourage a participating manufacturer to maintain those private discount drug programs that are comparable to or more extensive than those provided prior to the enactment of this division. To the extent possible, the department shall encourage a participating manufacturer to simplify the application and eligibility processes for its private discount drug program.

(b)The department may execute agreements with drug manufacturers and other private patient assistance programs to provide a single point of entry for eligibility determination and claims processing for drugs available through those programs to the extent permitted by state and federal law.

(c)The department shall develop a system to provide a program participant under this division with the best discounts on prescription drugs that are available to the participant through this program or through a drug manufacturer or other private patient assistance program.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 619, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007. Provisions operative and implemented on or after July 1, 2010, as prescribed in Section 130500. Conditionally inoperative on February 1, 2015. Repealed conditionally on January 1, 2016, pursuant to Section 130500.