Act No. 167

Public Acts of 2014

Approved by the Governor

June 12, 2014

Filed with the Secretary of State

June 12, 2014

EFFECTIVE DATE: 91st day after final adjournment of 2014 Regular Session

STATE OF MICHIGAN

97TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2014

Introduced by Senators Caswell and Colbeck

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 656

AN ACT to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled “An act to protect the welfare of the people of this state; to provide general assistance, hospitalization, infirmary and medical care to poor or unfortunate persons; to provide for compliance by this state with the social security act; to provide protection, welfare and services to aged persons, dependent children, the blind, and the permanently and totally disabled; to administer programs and services for the prevention and treatment of delinquency, dependency and neglect of children; to create a state department of social services; to prescribe the powers and duties of the department; to provide for the interstate and intercounty transfer of dependents; to create county and district departments of social services; to create within certain county departments, bureaus of social aid and certain divisions and offices thereunder; to prescribe the powers and duties of the departments, bureaus and officers; to provide for appeals in certain cases; to prescribe the powers and duties of the state department with respect to county and district departments; to prescribe certain duties of certain other state departments, officers, and agencies; to make an appropriation; to prescribe penalties for the violation of the provisions of this act; and to repeal certain parts of this act on specific dates,” (MCL 400.1 to 400.119b) by adding section 109l.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 109l. The department of community health and contracted health plans shall utilize a process for maximum allowable cost pricing reconsiderations that must be available and provided to providers and pharmacists. This process must include identification of 3 national drug codes, if there are 3 or more available, and all available national drug codes, if there are fewer than 3, for the drug in question that are actually available and deliverable by a Michigan licensed wholesaler or a Michigan licensed manufacturer and would fall into the department of community health’s or contracted health plans’ maximum allowable cost pricing. The process must be completed in 10 business days, with all notification to the pharmacy in either written or electronic form. The department of community health and contracted health plans cannot be held accountable for failing to provide information for which they do not have access.

Secretary of the Senate

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Approved

Governor