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DIVISION 9. PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES 10000-18999.98›PART 3. AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE 11000-15771›CHAPTER 7. Basic Health Care 14000-14199.97›ARTICLE 3.3. Protect Patients Now Act of 2024 14124.39-14124.52

§ 14124.43

California Welfare and Institutions Code · 2026 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Limitation on Pharmacy Sales Agreements Involving Prescription Drug Price Manipulators

(a) On and after January 1, 2025, a prescription drug price manipulator shall not enter into, or participate in, a pharmacy sales agreement that applies to, operates in, or intends or proposes to operate in or apply to, this state unless the prescription drug price manipulator is in compliance with Section 14124.44.

(b) Any pharmacy sales agreement that involves a prescription drug price manipulator not in compliance with Section 14124.44 is, as of January 1, 2025, contrary to public policy and is void and unenforceable to the extent that the pharmacy sales agreement applies to, operates in, or intends or proposes to operate in or apply to, this state.

(Added November 5, 2024, by initiative Proposition 34, Sec. 1. Effective December 18, 2024. Approved in Proposition 34 at the November 5, 2024, election. Operative January 1, 2025, pursuant to Section 14124.52.)

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