Mississippi House Bill 538 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Failed on January 31 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-01-31 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Provide That Individual And Group Health Insurance Policies Providing Prescription Drug Coverage Must Permit And Apply A Prorated Daily Cost-sharing Rate To Prescriptions That Are Dispensed By A Network Pharmacy For A Partial Supply If The Prescriber Or Pharmacist Determines The Fill Or Refill To Be In The Best Interest Of The Patient And The Patient Requests Or Agrees To A Partial Supply For The Purpose Of Synchronizing The Patient's Medications; To Prohibit Individual And Group Health Insurance Policies From Denying Coverage For The Dispensing Of A Medication That Is Dispensed By A Network Pharmacy On The Basis That The Dispensing Is For A Partial Supply; To Provide That Individual And Group Health Insurance Policies Must Allow A Pharmacy To Override Any Denial Codes Indicating That A Prescription Is Being Refilled Too Soon For The Purposes Of Medication Synchronization; To Provide That Individual And Group Health Insurance Policies Must Use Payment Structures Incorporating Prorated Dispensing Fees; To Provide That Dispensing Fees For Partially Filled Or Refilled Prescriptions Must Be Paid In Full For Each Prescription Dispensed; And For Related Purposes.

Prescription drugs; health insurance policies must allow for partial refills for purposes of medication synchronization.

Rep. Sam Mims [R]

Rep. Nolan Mettetal [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-31	House	Died In Committee
2017-01-13	House	Referred To Insurance

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/history/HB/HB0538.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0538IN.htm