District of Columbia Code
Title 48 - Foods and Drugs
Chapter 8A - Affordability of Prescription Drugs — AccessRx Program

Subchapter I - AccessRx

Part A - General

§ 48–831.01. Findings and declaration of intent - The Council finds that: (1) Affordability is critical in providing...

§ 48–831.02. Definitions - For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) “AccessRx”...

§ 48–831.03. Establishment of AccessRx - (a) AccessRx is hereby established. AccessRx shall be administered by...

§ 48–831.04. Cost containment and savings with respect to existing publicly funded pharmaceutical programs - The Department shall make every effort to reduce and contain...

§ 48–831.05. Rebate agreement - A drug manufacturer or labeler that sells prescription drugs in...

§ 48–831.06. Rebate amount - (a) The Director of the Department shall negotiate the amount...

§ 48–831.07. Operation of program - (a) Participating retail pharmacies shall submit claims to the Department...

§ 48–831.08. Discrepancies in rebate amounts - (a)(1) Upon receipt of the data from the Department, the...

§ 48–831.09. Action with regard to nonparticipating manufacturers and labelers - (a) The names of manufacturers and labelers who do and...

§ 48–831.10. AccessRx Fund - (a) The AccessRx Fund is established as a nonlapsing, dedicated...

§ 48–831.11. Eligibility procedures - The Department shall: (1) Establish simplified procedures for determining eligibility...

§ 48–831.12. Method of prescribing or ordering drugs - The method of prescribing or ordering drugs may include, but...

§ 48–831.13. Third-party administration - The Department may contract with one or more third parties...

§ 48–831.14. Waivers - The Department may seek any waivers of federal law, rule...

§ 48–831.15. Annual summary report - The Department shall submit a written report on the enrollment...

§ 48–831.16. Agreements with governments of other jurisdictions and other entities - The District may negotiate and enter into purchasing alliances and...

§ 48–831.17. Rulemaking - The Mayor is authorized to issue any rules necessary to...

Part B - AccessRx for the Elderly

§ 48–831.21. Establishment of AccessRx for the low-income elderly - (a) The Department shall conduct a program to provide low-cost...

§ 48–831.22. Eligibility for low-income elderly - To be eligible, an individual shall: (1) Be a resident...

§ 48–831.23. Payment for drugs by low-income elderly - (a) The Director shall establish the amount of payment to...

Part C - AccessRx for Uninsured Residents of the District of Columbia

§ 48–831.31. Establishment of AccessRx for uninsured District residents - The Department shall conduct a program to negotiate low-cost prescription...

§ 48–831.32. Eligibility of the uninsured - To be eligible, an individual shall: (1) Be a resident...

§ 48–831.33. Discounted prices for uninsured qualified residents - (a) Any participating retail pharmacy that sells prescription drugs covered...

Part D - AccessRx Pharmaceutical Resource Center

§ 48–831.41. Establishment of AccessRx Pharmaceutical Resource Center - The Department shall conduct a program to provide life saving...

§ 48–831.42. Eligibility - (a) To be eligible, an individual shall: (1) Be a...

Subchapter II - Transparent Business Practices Among Pharmacy Benefits Managers

§ 48–832.01. Fiduciary duty - (a) A pharmacy benefits manager owes a fiduciary duty to...

§ 48–832.02. Compliance - Compliance with the requirements of this subchapter is required in...

§ 48–832.03. Enforcement - A violation of this subchapter is a violation of Chapter...

Subchapter III - Full Disclosure of Prescription Drug Marketing Costs

§ 48–833.01. Requirement to disclose prescription drug marketing costs - A manufacturer or labeler of prescription drugs dispensed in the...

§ 48–833.02. Manner of reporting - By July 1st of each year, a manufacturer or labeler...

§ 48–833.03. Content of annual report by manufacturer or labeler - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

§ 48–833.04. Department reports - By November 30th of each year, the Department shall provide...

§ 48–833.05. Confidentiality; public information - Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, information submitted...

§ 48–833.06. Penalty - This subchapter may be enforced in a civil action brought...

§ 48–833.07. Rulemaking - The Mayor is authorized to issue any rules necessary to...

§ 48–833.08. Report - The Department shall report to the committee of the Council...

§ 48–833.09. Applicability date - This subchapter shall apply as of July 1, 2004. (May...