A health benefit plan issuer or a pharmacy benefit manager may not directly or indirectly charge or hold a pharmacist or pharmacy responsible for a fee for any step of or component or mechanism related to the claim adjudication process, including:

1. (1) the adjudication of a pharmacy benefit claim;
2. (2) the processing or transmission of a pharmacy benefit claim;
3. (3) the development or management of a claim processing or adjudication network; or
4. (4) participation in a claim processing or adjudication network.

Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 10 (S.B. 94), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.