Definitions

As used in the Pharmaceutical Supplemental Rebate Act: A. "authority" or "department" means the health care authority; B. "labeler" means a person that receives prescription drugs from a manufacturer or wholesaler and repackages those drugs for later retail sale and that has a labeler code from the federal food and drug administration; C. "manufacturer" means a manufacturer of prescription drugs as defined in 42 U.S.C. 1396r-8(k)(5), including a subsidiary or affiliate of a manufacturer; D. "medicaid" means the joint federal-state health coverage program pursuant to Title 19 or Title 21 of the federal Social Security Act; E. "participating retail pharmacy" means a retail pharmacy or other business licensed to dispense prescription drugs that participates in the state medicaid program; F. "secretary" means the secretary of health care authority; and G. "wholesaler" means a business licensed to distribute prescription drugs in the state. History: Laws 2002, ch. 105, § 2; 2024, ch. 39, § 90.