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Relating to the dispensing of self-administered hormonal contraceptives pursuant to a prescription and providing for insurance coverage
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 9, 2021
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to the dispensing of self-administered hormonal contraceptives. The bill provides definitions of “generic” and “self-administered hormonal contraceptive” for the purposes of the bill. The bill provides that notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a pharmacist may dispense a self-administered hormonal contraceptive to a patient pursuant to a prescription based upon whether the dispensing is an initial or subsequent dispensing. If the dispensing is the initial dispensing of a self-administered hormonal contraceptive, the pharmacist may dispense only up to a three-month supply at one time.
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If the dispensing is a subsequent dispensing of the same self-administered hormonal contraceptive, the pharmacist may dispense up to a 12-month supply at one time. Subsequent dispensing of the same self-administered hormonal contraceptive includes the subsequent dispensing of a generic form of self-administered hormonal contraceptive in place of a brand-name self-administered hormonal contraceptive. A pharmacist who dispenses a self-administered hormonal contraceptive in compliance with the bill shall be immune from criminal and civil liability arising from any damages caused by the dispensing, administering, or use of a self-administered hormonal contraceptive, provided that the pharmacist acts reasonably and in good faith. The board of pharmacy shall adopt administrative rules to administer the bill. The bill also requires a group policy, contract, or plan providing for third-party payment or prepayment of health or medical expenses to specifically provide, in any contract, policy, or plan delivered, issued for delivery, continued, or renewed in this state on or after January 1, 2022, for payment for a self-administered hormonal contraceptive, as prescribed by a practitioner and dispensed by a pharmacist pursuant to the bill, including payment for up to an initial three-month supply of the self-administered hormonal contraceptive dispensed at one time and for up to a 12-month supply of the same self-administered hormonal contraceptive subsequently dispensed at one time. This requirement is not to be construed to require a third-party payor to provide payment to a practitioner for the dispensing of a self-administered hormonal contraceptive to replace a self-administered hormonal contraceptive that has been dispensed to a covered person and that has been misplaced, stolen, or destroyed. This requirement also shall not be construed to require a third-party payor to replace covered prescriptions that are misplaced, stolen, or destroyed.