# Insurance (GIN)

## Title 15. Health Insurance

### Subtitle 16. Pharmacy Benefits Managers

#### Section 15-1614

(a)

  (1) A pharmacy and therapeutics committee shall:

    (i) include clinical specialists that represent the needs of a purchaser's beneficiaries; and

    (ii) include at least one practicing pharmacist and one practicing physician who are independent of any developer or manufacturer of prescription drugs.

  (2) A majority of the members of a pharmacy and therapeutics committee shall be practicing physicians or practicing pharmacists.

(b) Each member of a pharmacy and therapeutics committee shall sign a conflict of interest statement updated at least annually disclosing any economic interest or relationship that could influence the pharmacy and therapeutics committee's decisions.

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Md. Code Ann., Ins. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)