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MO HB1581
Bill
Status
1/31/2012
Primary Sponsor
Steve Hodges
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AI Summary
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Requires health carriers and health benefit plans providing prescription drug coverage to impose only one co-payment when a prescribed dosage requires dispensing a combination of different manufactured dosage amounts, and this requirement does not apply to prescriptions exceeding a one-month supply.
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Mandates that if technology does not permit automatic adjudication of combination dosage co-payments, health carriers must provide reimbursement forms to patients.
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Allows insureds to fill mail order prescriptions at any network participating retail pharmacy if that pharmacy offers a price comparable to the mail order pharmacy.
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Prohibits health carriers from imposing different co-payment fees or other conditions on insureds who choose network participating retail pharmacies versus designated mail order pharmacies.
Legislative Description
Requires all health carriers and health benefit plans providing prescription drug coverage to allow insureds to fill a mail order prescription at a participating in-network retail pharmacy
Last Action
Referred: Health Insurance (H)
3/8/2012