1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; prohibiting the use of incentives or disincentives for using certain 
1.3 	pharmacies;amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 151.71, by adding a 
1.4 	subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 151.71, is amended by adding a subdivision 
1.7 	to read:
1.8 		Subd. 3.Pharmacies ownership interest. (a) A health plan company or pharmacy 
1.9 	benefit manager is prohibited from requiring or providing financial incentives to an individual 
1.10 	to use a retail pharmacy, mail order pharmacy, specialty pharmacy, or other entity providing 
1.11 	pharmacy services in which a pharmacy benefit manager has an ownership interest or that 
1.12 	has an ownership interest in a pharmacy benefit manager.
1.13 	(b) A health plan company or pharmacy benefit manager is prohibited from imposing 
1.14 	limits, including quantity limits or refill frequency limits, on a patient's access to medication 
1.15 	that differ based on whether the health plan company or pharmacy benefit manager has an 
1.16 	ownership interest in a pharmacy.