(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), any information obtained or produced by the department pursuant to an audit of a pharmacy benefits manager is confidential, is not a public record subject to disclosure, and is exempt from title 10, chapter 7.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 56-7-3123

  • Department: means the department of commerce and insurance. See Tennessee Code 56-1-102
  • Pharmacy benefits manager: includes , but is not limited to, a health insurance issuer, managed health insurance issuer as defined in §. See Tennessee Code 56-7-3102
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) Audit findings by the department based upon a completed audit of a pharmacy benefits manager are public records subject to public disclosure by the department.