FL S0748

Creates section 627.42398 in Florida Statutes to regulate insurer practices regarding clinician-administered drugs (prescription drugs administered by health care providers that cannot be self-administered).

Prohibits insurers from refusing to reimburse or approve clinician-administered drugs obtained through patient choice of pharmacy, health care provider, or distributor.

Prohibits insurers from requiring drugs be dispensed by insurer-selected pharmacies, limiting coverage based on pharmacy selection, or reducing reimbursement for drugs dispensed by non-contracted pharmacies.

Prohibits insurers from conditioning payment or reducing reimbursement to health care providers solely because they obtain drugs from pharmacies without written agreements with the insurer.

Prohibits insurers from imposing additional fees, higher copays, coinsurance, or other price increases for clinician-administered drugs based on pharmacy selection; effective July 1, 2022.