General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6349
January Session, 2011 LCO No. 2515
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Referred to Committee on Aging
Introduced by:
(AGE)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 6349
January Session, 2011
LCO No. 2515
*02515_______AGE*
Referred to Committee on Aging
Introduced by:
(AGE)
AN ACT CONCERNING SYNCHRONIZING PRESCRIPTION REFILLS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective January 1, 2012) No individual health insurance policy providing coverage of the type specified in subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (11) and (12) of section 38a-469 of the general statutes delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, amended or continued in this state that provides coverage for prescription drugs shall deny coverage for the refill of any drug prescribed for the treatment of a chronic illness that is made in accordance with a plan among the insured, a practitioner and a pharmacist to synchronize the refilling of multiple prescriptions for the insured.
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective January 1, 2012) No group health insurance policy providing coverage of the type specified in subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (11) and (12) of section 38a-469 of the general statutes delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, amended or continued in this state that provides coverage for prescription drugs, shall deny coverage for the refill of any drug prescribed for the treatment of a chronic illness that is made in accordance with a plan among the insured, a practitioner and a pharmacist to synchronize the refilling of multiple prescriptions for the insured.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 January 1, 2012 New section
Sec. 2 January 1, 2012 New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
January 1, 2012
New section
Sec. 2
January 1, 2012
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To require individual insurance policies to cover refills of prescription drugs made in accordance with a plan to synchronize refilling multiple prescriptions for certain insured persons.
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