The Vermont Statutes Online
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Title 18 : Health
Chapter 221 : Health Care Administration
Subchapter 002 : Claims Processing and Contract Standards
(Cite as: 18 V.S.A. § 9418e)-
§ 9418e. Most favored nation clauses prohibited
Not later than 180 days after the effective date of this section, no contracting entity shall do any of the following:
(1) offer to a provider, hospital, pharmacist, or pharmacy a health care contract that includes a most favored nation clause;
(2) enter into a health care contract with a provider, hospital, pharmacist, or pharmacy that includes a most favored nation clause; or
(3) amend an existing health care contract previously entered into with a provider, hospital, pharmacist, or pharmacy to include a most favored nation clause. (Added 2009, No. 61, § 34; amended 2023, No. 6, § 234, eff. July 1, 2023.)
