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MA H2202

To help patients and reduce health care costs by ensuring patient adherence to medications


summary

Introduced
01/23/2017
In Committee
06/06/2018
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2018

Introduced Session

190th General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to further regulating individual or group health insurance policies providing prescription drug coverage. Financial Services.

AI Summary

This bill aims to help patients and reduce healthcare costs by ensuring patient adherence to medications. It requires individual or group health insurance policies providing prescription drug coverage to allow partial supply refills at a pro-rated daily cost-sharing rate if the prescriber or pharmacist determines it is in the patient's best interest and the patient requests or agrees to it for the purpose of synchronizing their medications. The bill also prohibits insurers from denying coverage for partially filled prescriptions or using pro-rated dispensing fees, and requires them to allow pharmacies to override any "refill too soon" denials for medication synchronization purposes.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance, Business and Industry, Health and Social Services

Sponsors (1)

Last Action

No further action taken (on 01/01/2019)

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