Health and Safety Code section 1385.0013
(a)
(1)A licensed pharmacy benefit manager shall, within 30 days after a change in the information contained in its application, other than financial or statistical information, file an amendment to the application in the manner prescribed by rule by the director.(2)
Notwithstanding paragraph (1), if an association, partnership, or corporation is added in a controlling, controlled, or affiliated status relative to the pharmacy benefit manager, the pharmacy benefit manager shall file within 30 days an authorization for disclosure to the director of financial records of the person pursuant to Section 7473 of the Government Code.(b)
Before a material modification of its operations, a pharmacy benefit manager shall give notice of the change to the director, who shall approve, disapprove, suspend, or postpone the effectiveness of the change by order, within 20 business days or within additional time specified by the pharmacy benefit manager, subject to Section 1385.0014.(c)
A pharmacy benefit manager shall, within five days, give written notice to the director, in the form prescribed by rule by the director, of a change in the officers, directors, partners, controlling shareholders, principal creditors, or persons occupying similar positions or performing similar functions, of the pharmacy benefit manager, any parent company of the pharmacy benefit manager, or a management company of the pharmacy benefit manager or its parent company. The director may define by rule the positions, duties, and relationships that shall be reported pursuant to this subdivision.(d)
The fee for filing a notice of material modification pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be the actual cost to the director of processing the notice, including overhead, but shall not exceed seven hundred fifty dollars ($750).(e)
Rules and regulations promulgated and amended by the department pursuant to this chapter relating to health care service plan license amendments and material modifications, including those promulgated to implement and make specific Section 1352, shall, to the extent applicable, apply to pharmacy benefit managers licensed pursuant to this article.
Source:
Section 1385.0013, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=1385.0013. (updated Jun. 30, 2025; accessed Jul. 14, 2025).
