Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Glen Mulready announced the appointment of Ashley Scott as the new Director for the Oklahoma Insurance Department’s (OID) Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) Compliance and Enforcement Division. In addition, Molly Clinkscales was appointed as the lead attorney for the program.

Scott has been with the Department since 2020 and currently serves as the agency’s Government and Community Affairs Director. She will continue in this role in addition to the new appointment. Scott has over 15 years of state service focused on policy development and implementation. She has worked in several state agencies and for the Majority Floor Leader, Speaker Pro Tempore and Speaker of the House in the Oklahoma House of Representatives during multiple administrations.

Clinkscales joined the legal team of OID as an Assistant General Counsel in 2021 with the primary focus areas of life and health insurance, including PBM regulation. She graduated from the University of Oklahoma College of Law and has been in state service since 2018.

Oklahoma is a national leader on developing a regulatory framework for Pharmacy Benefit Managers and serves as vice-chair on the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) PBM Working Group. During the last year, the PBM division has resolved over 200,000 violations, issued over 25 administrative orders, entered into five settlement agreements, and returned almost $700,000 in fee reimbursements to local Oklahoma independent pharmacies.

If you have insurance questions, please contact the Oklahoma Insurance Department at 1-800-522-0071 or visit our website at www.oid. ok.gov.