Bill Text: TX HB185 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to benefits for a refill of a prescription drug by a health benefit plan issuer.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-11 - Left pending in committee [HB185 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB185-Introduced.html
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By: Zedler | H.B. No. 185 |
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relating to benefits for a refill of a prescription drug by a health | ||
benefit plan issuer. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 1369, Insurance Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 1369.058 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1369.058. PAYMENT FOR REFILLS. A health benefit plan | ||
issuer may not deny benefits for a refill, regardless of whether the | ||
refill is early, of a prescription drug that is covered under the | ||
plan and for which benefits have previously been paid under the plan | ||
if the quantity limit, if applicable, for the drug has not been | ||
exceeded after the refill. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 1369.058, Insurance Code, as added by | ||
this Act, applies only to a health benefit plan that is delivered, | ||
issued for delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, 2016. A | ||
health benefit plan delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed | ||
before January 1, 2016, is governed by the law in effect as it | ||
existed immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that | ||
law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |