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Arizona Passes Law to Curb Non-Medical Switching

State: Arizona
Category: State News Roundup
Topic: Pharmacy Benefit Managers

Arizona has passed a law prohibiting pharmacy benefit managers from limiting or excluding coverage of a prescription drug midway through the policy, reports the Arizona Medical Association. Specifically, the new law forbids a practice commonly called “non-medical switching,” establishes formulary change notification requirements, and creates a formulary prescription drug exception process.