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Pharmacy Benefit Manager Monitoring Advisory Council

Act 124 of the 2019 Legislature created the Pharmacy Benefit Manager Monitoring Advisory Council, identified its membership and purpose, and provided for administrative matters.  The twenty organizations named to membership on the council are identified in R.S. 40:2869(A).  The act specifies the leadership of the organization as the appointee and permits the appointee to name a designee.  The council shall meet at least quarterly and seven members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of all business.

Membership

  1. The commissioner of the Department of Insurance.
  2. The president of the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners.
  3. The president of the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy.
  4. The attorney general.
  5. The director of the public protection division of the Department of Justice.
  6. The secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health.
  7. The president of the Louisiana Academy of Physician Assistants.
  8. The president of the Louisiana State Medical Society.
  9. The president of the Louisiana Association of Nurse Practitioners.
  10. The president of the Louisiana Pharmacists Association.
  11. The president of the Louisiana Independent Pharmacies Association.
  12. The president of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores.
  13. The president of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America.
  14. The president of the Louisiana Academy of Medical Psychologists.
  15. The president of the Louisiana Association of Health Plans.
  16. The president of a pharmacy benefit manager licensed by the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy, selected by the Louisiana affiliate of the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association from a list of interested and qualified individuals.
  17. The president of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry.
  18. The chief executive officer of the Louisiana Business Group on Health.
  19. The president of the Louisiana AFL-CIO.
  20. The president of the Louisiana Association of Health Underwriters.
  21. The Governor.
  22. The chairman of the House Committee on Insurance.
  23. The chairman of the Senate Committee on Insurance.
  24. The chairman of the House Committee on Health and Welfare.
  25. The chairman of the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare.                                       

Officers

Chair: Fred H. Mills Jr. (Desginee for Chairman of the Senate H&W Committee)
Vice Chair: Representative Christopher Turner (Designee for the Chair of the House H&W Committee)

Meetings

2025

2024

2023

2022    

2021

November:    Agenda    Minutes
October:       Agenda    Minutes
July:             Agenda    Minutes
April:            Agenda    Minutes
January: Meeting cancelled due to COVID-19

2020    

October: Meeting cancelled due to COVID-19
July: Agenda  Minutes
March: Agenda   Minutes (Organizational Meeting)