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Bill Text

A5012 

ASSEMBLY, No. 5012 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MAY 7, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman� LUANNE M. PETERPAUL

District 11 (Monmouth)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Kearney

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires certain standards be established for 
contracts between pharmacy benefits managers and health benefits plans. 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� As introduced.

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An Act concerning contract terms for pharmacy benefits 
managers and supplementing P.L.2015, c.179 (C.17B:27F-1 et seq.).

���� Be It 
Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of 
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� a.� A health benefits 
plan that provides coverage of prescription drugs or pharmacy services that is 
administered or managed by a pharmacy benefits manager shall allow any pharmacy 
that meets the standard contract terms and conditions under the benefits plan 
to participate as a network pharmacy.

���� b.��� The terms and conditions 
of the contract shall be reasonable and relevant as determined by the 
Commissioner of Banking and Insurance.� To determine what is reasonable and 
relevant, the commissioner shall review, among other items:

���� (1)�� current terms and 
conditions in network pharmacy contracts; and

���� (2)�� reimbursement and 
dispensing fees paid by the health benefits plans and if the payments are 
sufficient to cover ingredient and operational costs.

���� 2.��� The Commissioner of 
Banking and Insurance may adopt rules and regulations, in accordance with the 
�Administrative Procedure Act,� P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), as are 
necessary to effectuate the provisions of this act.

���� 3.��� This act shall take 
effect on the first day of the thirteenth month next following the date of 
enactment and shall apply to contracts between a health benefits plan and a 
pharmacy benefits manager that are initiated or renewed on or after the date of 
enactment.

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires a health 
benefits plan that provides coverage of prescription drugs or pharmacy services 
that is administered or managed by a pharmacy benefits manager to allow any 
pharmacy that meets the standard contract terms and conditions under the 
benefits plan to participate as a network pharmacy.� The terms and conditions 
of the contract are to be reasonable and relevant as determined by the 
Commissioner of Banking and Insurance.� To determine what is reasonable and 
relevant, the commissioner is to review, among other items: 1) current terms 
and conditions in network pharmacy contracts; and 2) reimbursement and 
dispensing fees paid by the health benefits plans and if the payments are 
sufficient to cover ingredient and operational costs.