Bill > S695

This bill aims to improve patient safety and access to specialty medications. Key provisions include: 1. Prohibiting health plans from requiring specialty pharmacies to directly dispense medications to patients for them to transport to their healthcare provider for administration. 2. Allowing but not requiring the use of home infusion pharmacies or infusion sites external to a provider's office or clinic. 3. Establishing detailed requirements for health plans if they do require specialty pharmacies to distribute medications directly to provider offices, hospitals, or clinics, such as ensuring same-day delivery, 24/7 pharmacist access, and proper medication handling and storage. 4. Prohibiting the distribution of certain medications, like those requiring sterile compounding or patient-specific dosing, from specialty pharmacies to provider settings. 5. Requiring site-neutral payment to healthcare providers for administering medications distributed from specialty pharmacies. Overall, the bill seeks to ensure patient safety, provider control, and proper medication handling when specialty medications are distributed, while providing flexibility for patients to receive care in the appropriate setting.

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https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S695