NRS439.915. Department to place on Internet website information concerning pharmacies and prices for prescription drugs; additional or alternative procedures for obtaining information concerning pharmacies and prices for prescription drugs.

      1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the Department shall:

      (a) Place or cause to be placed on the Internet website maintained by the Department the information provided by each pharmacy pursuant to NRS 439.910;

      (b) Ensure that the information provided by each pharmacy pursuant to NRS 439.910 and placed on the Internet website maintained by the Department is organized so that each individual pharmacy has its own separate entry on that website; and

      (c) Ensure that the usual and customary price that each pharmacy charges for each prescription drug that is on the list prepared pursuant to NRS 439.905 and that is stocked by the pharmacy:

             (1) Is presented on the Internet website maintained by the Department in a manner which complies with the requirements of NRS 439.920; and

             (2) Is updated not less frequently than once each calendar quarter.

Ê Nothing in this subsection prohibits the Department from determining the usual and customary price that a pharmacy charges for a prescription drug by extracting or otherwise obtaining such information from claims reported by pharmacies to the Medicaid program.

      2.  If a pharmacy is part of a larger company or corporation or a chain of pharmacies or retail stores, the Department may present the pricing information pertaining to such a pharmacy in such a manner that the pricing information is combined with the pricing information relative to other pharmacies that are part of the same company, corporation or chain, to the extent that the pricing information does not differ among those pharmacies.

      3.  The Department may establish additional or alternative procedures by which a consumer who is unable to access the Internet or is otherwise unable to receive the information described in subsection 1 in the manner in which it is presented by the Department may obtain that information:

      (a) In the form of paper records;

      (b) Through the use of a telephonic system; or

      (c) Using other methods or technologies designed specifically to assist consumers who are hearing impaired or visually impaired.

      4.  As used in this section, “usual and customary price” means the usual and customary charges that a provider charges to the general public for a drug, as described in 42 C.F.R. § 447.331.

      (Added to NRS by 2007, 3138)