SLS 14RS-800 ORIGINAL
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.
Regular Session, 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 545
BY SENATOR MILLS
HEALTH CARE. Provides relative to third party initiated medication substitutions. (8/1/14)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 22:1007(I) and to enact R.S. 22:1007(J), relative to substitution2
of medications; to provide for requirements of provider contracts; and to provide for3
related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 22:1007(I) is hereby amended and reenacted, and R.S. 22:1007(J)6
is hereby enacted to read as follows:7
ยง1007. Requirements of provider contracts; communications8
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I. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any contract or10
agreement between a managed care organization and a health care provider11
shall include provisions that provide for the reimbursement of a health care12
provider in any instance in which the managed care organization requests or13
requires substitution of a medication for an enrollee.14
I.J. Any contract provision, written policy, or written procedure in violation15
of this Section shall be deemed to be unenforceable and null and void.16 SB NO. 545
SLS 14RS-800 ORIGINAL
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Christopher D. Adams.
DIGEST
Mills (SB 545)
Present law provides for provider contracts.
Proposed law provides any contract or agreement between a managed care organization and
a health care provider shall include provisions that provide for the reimbursement of a health
care provider in any instance in which the managed care organization requests or requires
substitution of a medication for an enrollee.
Effective August 1, 2014.
(Amends R.S. 22:1007(I); adds R.S. 22:1007(J))