California Health and Safety Code

§ 1385.0018

HSC § 1385.0018 Effective Jun 30, 2025Div. 2 · Ch. 2.2 · Art. 6.1

Statute text

(a)The director may, after appropriate notice and opportunity for a hearing, by order suspend or revoke a license issued under this article to a pharmacy benefit manager or assess administrative penalties if the director determines that the licensee has committed an act or omission constituting grounds for disciplinary action.

(b)All of the following acts or omissions constitute grounds for disciplinary action by the director:

(1)The pharmacy benefit manager is operating at variance with basic organizational documents as filed pursuant to Section 1385.009, or with its published plan, or in a manner contrary to that described in, and reasonably inferred from, the plan as contained in its application for licensure and annual report, or any modification thereof, unless amendments allowing the variation have been submitted to, and approved by, the director.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 21, Sec. 26. (AB 116) Effective June 30, 2025.