{"data":{"id":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-44-4614","jurisdiction":"us-ne","citation":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-4614","heading":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-4614","body":"(1) A health benefit plan, health carrier, or pharmacy benefit manager shall not:\n\n(a) Require a covered person, as a condition of payment or reimbursement, to obtain pharmacist services exclusively through the mail-order pharmacy or pharmacy benefit manager affiliate;\n\n(b) Prohibit or limit a covered person from selecting a network pharmacist or network pharmacy of the covered person's choice;\n\n(c) Transfer a covered person's prescriptions from a network pharmacy to another pharmacy unless requested by the covered person;\n\n(d) Use financial incentives, including, but not limited to, adjustments in cost-sharing obligations of a covered person, to the exclusive benefit of the pharmacy benefit manager affiliate pharmacy; or\n\n(e) Except as provided in subdivision (2)(b) of this section, auto-enroll a covered person in mail-order pharmacist services.\n\n(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent a health benefit plan, health carrier, or pharmacy benefit manager from:\n\n(a) Requiring a covered person to use a network specialty pharmacy;\n\n(b) Auto-enrolling a covered person in mail-order pharmacist services for a maintenance medication, provided that a covered person:\n\n(i) Shall not be auto-enrolled for the first ninety days of a new maintenance medication; and\n\n(ii) Shall have the ability to opt out of mail-order pharmacist services at any time;\n\n(c) Informing a covered person of an ability to obtain pharmacist services at a lower cost; or\n\n(d) Requiring a covered person to obtain pharmacist services from a mail-order pharmacy or pharmacy benefit manager affiliate when such services are not otherwise available from another network pharmacy.","path":["NE Code","Chapter 44"],"source_url":"https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=44-4614","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:21Z","sha256":"3c8f3d47ae9a33d7819498f4c737ea5bd872a537d47067aa2782cac3b823b8d1","source_id":"us-ne","stale":false,"prev":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-44-4613","next":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-44-4615"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}