Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Insurance Committee on January 31, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.
2017 Regular Session
House Bill 538
Prescription drugs; health insurance policies must allow for partial refills for purposes of medication synchronization.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP HEALTH INSURANCE POLICIES PROVIDING PRESCRIPTION DRUG COVERAGE MUST PERMIT AND APPLY A PRORATED DAILY COST-SHARING RATE TO PRESCRIPTIONS THAT ARE DISPENSED BY A NETWORK PHARMACY FOR A PARTIAL SUPPLY IF THE PRESCRIBER OR PHARMACIST DETERMINES THE FILL OR REFILL TO BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PATIENT AND THE PATIENT REQUESTS OR AGREES TO A PARTIAL SUPPLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF SYNCHRONIZING THE PATIENT'S MEDICATIONS; TO PROHIBIT INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP HEALTH INSURANCE POLICIES FROM DENYING COVERAGE FOR THE DISPENSING OF A MEDICATION THAT IS DISPENSED BY A NETWORK PHARMACY ON THE BASIS THAT THE DISPENSING IS FOR A PARTIAL SUPPLY; TO PROVIDE THAT INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP HEALTH INSURANCE POLICIES MUST ALLOW A PHARMACY TO OVERRIDE ANY DENIAL CODES INDICATING THAT A PRESCRIPTION IS BEING REFILLED TOO SOON FOR THE PURPOSES OF MEDICATION SYNCHRONIZATION; TO PROVIDE THAT INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP HEALTH INSURANCE POLICIES MUST USE PAYMENT STRUCTURES INCORPORATING PRORATED DISPENSING FEES; TO PROVIDE THAT DISPENSING FEES FOR PARTIALLY FILLED OR REFILLED PRESCRIPTIONS MUST BE PAID IN FULL FOR EACH PRESCRIPTION DISPENSED; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
January 13 to January 31, 2017, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesJan 13 to Jan 31 · stopped18 days
InsuranceJan 13 to Jan 31 · stopped18 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
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What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.