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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0474\">474<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0475\">475<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":[{"id":81930,"section_number":"38.2-3407.15:2","catch_line":"(Effective January 1, 2027) Carrier contracts; required provisions regarding prior authorization for drug benefits","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-3407.15_2\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":58079,"section_number":"38.2-3407.10","catch_line":"Health care provider panels","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-3407.10\/"},{"id":71060,"section_number":"38.2-3407.15","catch_line":"Ethics and fairness in carrier business practices","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-3407.15\/"},{"id":60000,"section_number":"38.2-3465","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-3465\/"}],"permalink":{"id":215027,"object_type":"law","relational_id":87317,"identifier":"38.2-3407.15:7","token":"38.2\/34\/1\/38.2-3407.15_7","url":"\/38.2-3407.15_7\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-3407.15_7\/","token":"38.2\/34\/1\/38.2-3407.15_7","dublin_core":{"Title":"Carrier provision of certain information","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-3407.15:7","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> As used in this section:\n\t\t\t&#8220;<span class=\"dictionary\">Carrier<\/span>&#8221; has the same meaning as provided in &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Ethics and fairness in carrier business practices\" href=\"\/38.2-3407.15\/\">38.2-3407.15<\/a>.\n\t\t\t&#8220;<span class=\"dictionary\">Enrollee<\/span>&#8221; has the same meaning as provided in &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Health care provider panels\" href=\"\/38.2-3407.10\/\">38.2-3407.10<\/a>.\n\t\t\t&#8220;<span class=\"dictionary\">Pharmacy benefits manager<\/span>&#8221; has the same meaning as provided in &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/38.2-3465\/\">38.2-3465<\/a>.\n\t\t\t&#8220;<span class=\"dictionary\">Provider<\/span>&#8221; has the same meaning as provided in &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Health care provider panels\" href=\"\/38.2-3407.10\/\">38.2-3407.10<\/a>. <a id=\"paragraph-312693\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/38.2-3407.15_7\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> Beginning July 1, 2025, any <span class=\"dictionary\">carrier<\/span> or its <span class=\"dictionary\">pharmacy benefits manager<\/span> shall provide real-time patient-specific benefit information to <span class=\"dictionary\">enrollees<\/span> and contracted <span class=\"dictionary\">providers<\/span> for the office visit, including any out-of-pocket costs and more affordable medication alternatives or prior authorization requirements, and shall ensure that the data is accurate. Such cost information data shall be available to the <span class=\"dictionary\">provider<\/span> at the point of prescribing in an accessible and understandable format, such as through the <span class=\"dictionary\">provider<\/span>&#8217;s e-prescribing system or electronic health record system that the <span class=\"dictionary\">carrier<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">pharmacy benefits manager<\/span> or its designated subcontractor has adopted that utilizes the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs SCRIPT standard and the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs Real Time Benefit Standard from which the <span class=\"dictionary\">provider<\/span> makes the request. <a id=\"paragraph-312694\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/38.2-3407.15_7\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCARRIER PROVISION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION (\u00a7 38.2-3407.15:7)\n\nA. As used in this section:\n\t\t\t&#8220;Carrier&#8221; has the same meaning as provided in &#xA7;\n38.2-3407.15.\n\t\t\t&#8220;Enrollee&#8221; has the same meaning as provided in &#xA7;\n38.2-3407.10.\n\t\t\t&#8220;Pharmacy benefits manager&#8221; has the same meaning as provided in\n&#xA7; 38.2-3465.\n\t\t\t&#8220;Provider&#8221; has the same meaning as provided in &#xA7;\n38.2-3407.10.\n\nB. Beginning July 1, 2025, any carrier or its pharmacy benefits manager shall\nprovide real-time patient-specific benefit information to enrollees and\ncontracted providers for the office visit, including any out-of-pocket costs and\nmore affordable medication alternatives or prior authorization requirements, and\nshall ensure that the data is accurate. Such cost information data shall be\navailable to the provider at the point of prescribing in an accessible and\nunderstandable format, such as through the provider&#8217;s e-prescribing system\nor electronic health record system that the carrier or pharmacy benefits manager\nor its designated subcontractor has adopted that utilizes the National Council\nfor Prescription Drug Programs SCRIPT standard and the National Council for\nPrescription Drug Programs Real Time Benefit Standard from which the provider\nmakes the request.\n\nHISTORY: 2023, cc. 474, 475.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}