{"data":{"id":"us-ca/hsc-1385.0026","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"HSC § 1385.0026","heading":"","body":"(a) A pharmacy benefit manager shall not impose any requirements, conditions, or exclusions that discriminate against a nonaffiliated pharmacy in connection with dispensing drugs.\n(b) Discrimination prohibited pursuant to subdivision (a) includes all of the following:\n(1) Terms or conditions applied to nonaffiliated pharmacies based on their status as a nonaffiliated pharmacy.\n(2) Refusing to contract with or terminating a contract with a nonaffiliated pharmacy on the basis that the pharmacy is a nonaffiliated pharmacy or for reasons other than those that apply equally to affiliated pharmacies.\n(3) Retaliation against a nonaffiliated pharmacy based on its exercise of any right or remedy under this article.\n(4) Engaging in an unlawful action against a covered entity, including a violation of Section 127471.\n(5) Reimbursing a nonaffiliated pharmacy less for a pharmacist service than the pharmacy benefit manager would reimburse an affiliated pharmacy for the same pharmacist service.\n(c) This article does not preclude a pharmacy benefit manager or a purchaser of pharmacy benefit manager services from establishing a network of contracting pharmacies.","path":["Health and Safety Code - HSC","DIVISION 2. LICENSING PROVISIONS [1200. - 1796.88.]","CHAPTER 2.2. Health Care Service Plans [1340. - 1399.874.]","ARTICLE 6.1. Pharmacy Benefit Managers [1385.001. - 1385.009.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"2e85f6c29254863093850f590ed9f10ea7e2a57c26cbe1247f95b69e154becd5","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/hsc-1385.0025","next":"us-ca/hsc-1385.0027"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}