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Bill > H2202
MA H2202
To help patients and reduce health care costs by ensuring patient adherence to medications
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Introduced
01/23/2017
01/23/2017
In Committee
06/06/2018
06/06/2018
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2018
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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Document Type | Source Location |
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State Bill Page | https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H2202 |
Bill | https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H2202.pdf |
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