1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and subsection 3 of NRS 439B.660, the Department shall:

(a) Place or cause to be placed on the Internet website maintained by the Department:

(1) The information provided by each pharmacy pursuant to NRS 439B.655;

(2) The information compiled by a nonprofit organization pursuant to NRS 439B.665 if such a report is submitted pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of that section;

(3) The lists of prescription drugs compiled by the Department pursuant to NRS 439B.630;

(4) The wholesale acquisition cost of each prescription drug reported pursuant to NRS 439B.635; and

(5) The reports compiled by the Department pursuant to NRS 439B.650 and 439B.660.

(b) Ensure that the information placed on the Internet website maintained by the Department pursuant to paragraph (a) is organized so that each individual pharmacy, manufacturer and nonprofit organization has its own separate entry on that website; and

(c) Ensure that the usual and customary price that each pharmacy charges for each prescription drug that is on the list prepared pursuant to NRS 439B.625 and that is stocked by the pharmacy:

(1) Is presented on the Internet website maintained by the Department in a manner which complies with the requirements of NRS 439B.675; and

(2) Is updated not less frequently than once each calendar quarter.

Nothing in this subsection prohibits the Department from determining the usual and customary price that a pharmacy charges for a prescription drug by extracting or otherwise obtaining such information from claims reported by pharmacies to the Medicaid program.

2. If a pharmacy is part of a larger company or corporation or a chain of pharmacies or retail stores, the Department may present the pricing information pertaining to such a pharmacy in such a manner that the pricing information is combined with the pricing information relative to other pharmacies that are part of the same company, corporation or chain, to the extent that the pricing information does not differ among those pharmacies.

3. The Department may establish additional or alternative procedures by which a consumer who is unable to access the Internet or is otherwise unable to receive the information described in subsection 1 in the manner in which it is presented by the Department may obtain that information:

(a) In the form of paper records;

(b) Through the use of a telephonic system; or

(c) Using other methods or technologies designed specifically to assist consumers who are hearing impaired or visually impaired.

4. As used in this section, “usual and customary price” means the usual and customary charges that a pharmacy charges to the general public for a drug, as described in 42 C.F.R. § 447.512.

(Added to NRS by 2007, 3138; A 2017, 4301) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 439.915)