California Health and Safety Code

§ 132004

HSC § 132004 Effective Jan 1, 2018Div. 114

Statute text

The prohibitions in Sections 132000 and 132002 shall not apply to any of the following:

(a)A discount, repayment, product voucher, or other payment to a patient or another person on the patient’s behalf for a prescription drug required under a United States Food and Drug Administration Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy for the purpose of monitoring or facilitating the use of that prescription drug in a manner consistent with the approved labeling of the prescription drug.

(b)A single-tablet drug regimen for treatment or prevention of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) that is as effective as a multitablet regimen, unless, consistent with clinical guidelines and peer-reviewed scientific and medical literature, the multitablet regimen is clinically equally effective or more effective and is more likely to result in adherence to the drug regimen.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 611, Sec. 1. (AB 265) Effective January 1, 2018.