§ 1560.003 — MULTIPLE-MONTH SUPPLY OF PRESCRIPTION DRUG.

Texas § 1560.003

• Jurisdiction: Texas
• Code IN: Insurance Code

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Sec. 1560.003. MULTIPLE-MONTH SUPPLY OF PRESCRIPTION DRUG. (a) In this section, "multiple-month supply" means a supply for 60 or more days.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, an issuer of a health benefit plan that provides pharmacy benefits to enrollees must allow an enrollee to obtain from a community retail pharmacy a multiple-month supply of any prescription drug under the same terms and conditions applicable when the prescription drug is obtained from a mail order pharmacy, if the community retail pharmacy agrees to accept reimbursement on exactly the same terms and conditions that apply to a mail order pharmacy.
(c) This section does not require:
(1) the issuer of a health benefit plan to contract with:
(A) a retail pharmacy that does not agree to accept reimbursement on exactly the same terms and conditions that apply to a mail order pharmacy; or
(B) more than one mail order pharmacy; or
(2) a community retail pharmacy to:
(A) provide a multiple-month supply of a prescription drug under the same terms and conditions applicable when the prescription drug is obtained from a mail order pharmacy; or
(B) agree to accept reimbursement on exactly the same terms and conditions that apply to a mail order pharmacy.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1207 (S.B. 704 ), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2009.