The Department of Health Care Services posted the following alerts, weekly notices and monthly bulletin on the Medi-Cal Rx Web Portal:
- Medi-Cal Rx Weekly Wrap-up for July 26-August 1
- State of Emergency Override Activation: Submission Clarification Code 13
- Medi-Cal Rx Monthly Bulletin for August
- Changes to the Medi-Cal Rx Contract Drugs List
- Changes to the Medi-Cal Rx Contract Drugs List – Over-the-Counter Drugs and Cough/Cold Preparations
- Changes to the Medi-Cal Rx Family Planning, Access, Care and Treatment Pharmacy Formulary
- Updates to the Medi-Cal Rx Provider Manual
- Medi-Cal Rx Weekly Wrap-up for July 19-25
- CalAIM Justice-Involved Reentry Initiative and Medi-Cal Rx
Also in California, this week, SB 966, PBM reform legislation, including provisions prohibiting the use of spread pricing, requiring 100% pass-through of manufacturer rebates to plan sponsors, and prohibiting the steering of patients to PBM-affiliated pharmacies, was placed on the Assembly Appropriations Committee suspense file and must be voted off the suspense file by August 16 to advance to the Assembly floor.
Finally in California, this week, the following bills were placed on the Senate Appropriations Committee suspense file and must be voted off the suspense file by August 16 to advance to the Senate floor:
- AB 1794, legislation clarifying that the value of all property taken over the course of distinct but related acts may be aggregated even though the thefts occurred in different places or from different victims and authorizing counties to operate a program to allow retailers to submit details of alleged shoplifting, organized retail theft or grant theft directly to the county district attorney through an online portal to the district attorney’s internet website.
- AB 82, legislation prohibiting a retail establishment from selling dietary supplements for weight loss or over-the-counter diet pills to any person under 18 years of age without a prescription. Amendments to the introduced language lowered the civil penalties from $1,000 to $250 for each violation and changed the effective date to January 1, 2026.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Sandra Guckian at 703-774-4801.