Connecticut 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00153 Compare Versions

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1	1		General Assembly Committee Bill No. 153
2	2		January Session, 2011 LCO No. 4350
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4	4		Referred to Committee on Insurance and Real Estate
5	5		Introduced by:
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8	8		General Assembly
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10	10		Committee Bill No. 153
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12	12		January Session, 2011
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14	14		LCO No. 4350
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18	18		Referred to Committee on Insurance and Real Estate
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20	20		Introduced by:
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24	24		AN ACT CONCERNING THE TIMING OF PRESCRIPTION DRUG REFILLS.
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26	26		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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28	28		Section 1. Section 38a-510 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 1, 2012):
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30	30		(a) No [health insurance policy issued on an individual basis, whether issued by an] insurance company, [a] fraternal benefit society, hospital service corporation, [a] medical service corporation or [a] health care center [, which] that delivers, issues for delivery, renews, amends or continues an individual health insurance policy that provides coverage for prescription drugs may require any person covered under such policy to obtain prescription drugs from a mail order pharmacy as a condition of obtaining benefits for such drugs.
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32	32		(b) [The provisions of this section shall apply to any such policy delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, amended or continued in this state on or after July 1, 2005.] Each such insurance company, fraternal benefit society, hospital service corporation, medical service corporation or health care center shall allow an insured to obtain, and shall provide coverage for, a refill of a prescription drug up to two business days prior to the date on which such prescription drug is otherwise authorized to be refilled.
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34	34		Sec. 2. Section 38a-544 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 1, 2012):
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36	36		(a) No [medical benefits contract on a group basis, whether issued by an] insurance company, [a] fraternal benefit society, hospital service corporation, [a] medical service corporation or [a] health care center [, which] that delivers, issues for delivery, renews, amends or continues a group health insurance policy that provides coverage for prescription drugs may require any person covered under such contract to obtain prescription drugs from a mail order pharmacy as a condition of obtaining benefits for such drugs.
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38	38		(b) [The provisions of this section shall apply to any such medical benefits contract delivered, issued for delivery or renewed in this state on or after July 1, 1989.] Each such insurance company, fraternal benefit society, hospital service corporation, medical service corporation or health care center shall allow an insured to obtain, and shall provide coverage for, a refill of a prescription drug up to two business days prior to the date on which such prescription drug is otherwise authorized to be refilled.
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43	43		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
44	44		Section 1 January 1, 2012 38a-510
45	45		Sec. 2 January 1, 2012 38a-544
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47	47		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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49	49		Section 1
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51	51		January 1, 2012
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53	53		38a-510
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55	55		Sec. 2
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57	57		January 1, 2012
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59	59		38a-544
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	61	+	Statement of Purpose:
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	63	+	To allow an insured to obtain a prescription drug refill up to two business days prior to the date on which such prescription drug is otherwise authorized to be refilled.
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	65	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]
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63		-	INS Joint Favorable
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	69	+	Co-Sponsors: SEN. DOYLE, 9th Dist.; REP. FRITZ, 90th Dist.
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67		-	Joint Favorable
	71	+	Co-Sponsors:
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	73	+	SEN. DOYLE, 9th Dist.; REP. FRITZ, 90th Dist.
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	75	+	S.B. 153