Sec. 17.04.15.06. Department Responsibilities

A. The Department shall make available pharmacy or prescription benefit plan management and administration services to purchasing pool members through the Maryland Rx Program by means of a procurement contract with a contractor providing pharmacy or prescription benefit plan management and administration services. The Department may not enter into a contract with a purchasing pool member to provide the benefits and services of the Maryland Rx Program.

B. Services provided to purchasing pool members shall be by means of a contract between the purchasing pool member and the contractor providing pharmacy or prescription benefit plan management and administration services. The Department's contract with the contractor providing pharmacy or prescription benefit plan management and administration services shall, unless the Department in its discretion makes Maryland Rx Program benefits available to purchasing pool members in another fashion, permit purchasing pool members to purchase pharmacy or prescription benefit plan management and administration services on terms consistent with the requirements of this chapter related to the Maryland Rx Program.

C. The Department is immune from any liability arising from any dispute between a purchasing pool member and any contractor providing pharmacy or prescription benefit plan management and administration services in connection with the Maryland Rx Program.