1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; modifying requirements for
1.3 	explanation of pharmacy benefits; amending Minnesota
1.4 	Statutes 2004, section 151.214, subdivision 1.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 151.214,
1.7 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Explanation of pharmacy benefits.  A
1.9 	pharmacist licensed under this chapter must provide to a
1.10 	patient, for each prescription dispensed where part or all of
1.11 	the cost of the prescription is being paid or reimbursed by an
1.12 	employer-sponsored plan or health plan company, or its
1.13 	contracted pharmacy benefit manager, the patient's co-payment
1.14 	amount and the usual and customary price of the prescription or 
1.15 	the amount the pharmacy will be paid for the prescription drug
1.16 	by the patient's employer-sponsored plan or health plan company,
1.17 	or its contracted pharmacy benefit manager.