Tennessee SB2574 regulates pharmacy benefits managers to protect patient safety and healthcare prescriber authority.
Tennessee SB2574 amends state laws to regulate pharmacy benefits managers, ensuring they do not interfere with healthcare prescribers' authority. The bill mandates that pharmacy benefits managers cannot modify, restrict, or deny medications without a prescriber's request for a formulary exception or prior authorization. It also prohibits retaliatory actions against pharmacies or prescribers for exercising their rights. The bill establishes civil penalties for violations and requires pharmacy benefits managers to report specific data annually to the state.
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