Effective 1-1-2026.
Sec. 18. (a) This section applies to a state employee health plan (as defined in IC 5-10-8-6.7). If a pharmacy benefit manager is used with regard to a state employee health plan, the state personnel department shall either:
(1) create a pharmacy benefit manager within the state personnel department; or
(2) contract with an insurer, a pharmacy benefit manager, or any other administrator of pharmacy benefits.
(b) All data collected by a contractor while administering a contract under subsection (a)(2) is the property of the state.