HOUSE BILL 344

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