§ 56-7-117 — Required use of mail-order pharmacy prohibited

(a) No group medical benefit contract issued by an insurance company, a hospital service corporation, a hospital and medical service corporation, a medical service corporation, a health maintenance organization or a health care center, that provides coverage for prescription drugs, may require any person covered under the contract to obtain prescription drugs from a mail-order pharmacy in order to obtain benefits for the drugs, or to pay an additional fee or be subjected to any other penalty for failing to utilize any mail-order pharmacy designated by the insurance company or other issuing organization. (b) The commissioner is authorized to promulgate regulations to implement and enforce this section.

Legislative History

Acts 1990, ch. 836, §§ 1, 2.