Definitions applicable to RCW 48.200.220 through 48.200.290.

RCW 48.200.290, under Health care benefit managers..

RCW 48.200.290

(1) The commissioner shall have enforcement authority over this chapter and shall have authority to render a binding decision in any dispute between a pharmacy benefit manager, or third-party administrator of prescription drug benefits, and a pharmacy arising out of an appeal under *RCW 48.200.280(6) regarding drug pricing and reimbursement.

(2) Any person, corporation, third-party administrator of prescription drug benefits, pharmacy benefit manager, or business entity which violates any provision of this chapter shall be subject to a civil penalty in the amount of one thousand dollars for each act in violation of this chapter or, if the violation was knowing and willful, a civil penalty of five thousand dollars for each violation of this chapter.

[ 2020 c 240 s 16; 2016 c 210 s 2. Formerly RCW 19.340.110.]

Notes:

*Reviser's note: RCW 48.200.280 was amended by 2024 c 242 s 5, changing subsection (6) to subsection (7), effective January 1, 2026.