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MO HB1581

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/31/2012

Primary Sponsor

Steve Hodges

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Origin

House of Representatives

2012 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • 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.

  • Mandates that if technology does not permit automatic adjudication of combination dosage co-payments, health carriers must provide reimbursement forms to patients.

  • 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.

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Health Insurance3/8/2012

Full Bill Text

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