{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-58-29e-8.1","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 58-29E-8.1","heading":"Provision of information to a patient.","body":"A pharmacy benefit manager may neither prohibit a pharmacist or pharmacy from, nor penalize a pharmacist or pharmacy for, informing a covered individual about:\n(1) The cost of a prescription drug;\n(2) The amount of reimbursement that the pharmacy will receive for dispensing the prescription drug;\n(3) The cost and clinical efficacy of a more affordable alternative prescription drug, if one is available; and\n(4) Any differential between the amount a covered individual would pay under the covered individual’s prescription drug benefit and a lower price the covered individual would pay for the prescription drug, if the covered individual obtained the prescription drug without making a claim for benefits on the covered individual’s prescription drug benefit.","path":["TITLE 58. INSURANCE","CHAPTER 58-29E. PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGEMENT"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/58-29E-8.1","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:57Z","sha256":"ea4cecf7c18e8855e5f3f02e9ef5a7945a3ef4f3dc9db808fb4fb5c5d6c09750","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-58-29e-8","next":"us-sd/sdcl-58-29e-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}