2004 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 344

File Code: Insurance - Health Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 798
Sponsored By:
Delegate Hammen
Entitled:
Health Insurance - Maintenance Drug Prescriptions - Mail Order Purchase

Synopsis:

Repealing a prohibition against specified health insurance policies or contracts from imposing a co-payment, deductible, or other condition on the use of a community pharmacy that is not imposed on the services of a mail order pharmacy; prohibiting specified health insurers from limiting the purchase of maintenance drugs to purchase through mail order pharmacies; and authorizing specified health insurers to establish cost sharing for retail purchase of maintenance drugs that differs from cost sharing for mail order purchase.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
1/28
First Reading Health and Government Operations
2/4
Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
Senate Action
No Action
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
DRUGS -see also- CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUB; SUBSTANCE ABUSE
HEALTH INSURANCE -see also- HMOS; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS
HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS -see also- MAN CARE ORGS
PHARMACISTS AND PHARMACIES
POSTAL SERVICE
PRICES -see also- CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Insurance
( 15-805 , 15-824 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)
Amendments: None offered