ENROLLED
ACT No. 51
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 490
BY REPRESENTATIVE LEBAS
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 22:1856(C)(introductory paragraph) and (14) and to enact R.S.
3 22:1856(C)(15), relative to pharmacy claims to health insurance issuers; to provide
4 for an authorized time period for a health insurer to send a remittance advice; to
5 require certain information on the remittance advice; and to provide for related
6 matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 22:1856(C)(introductory paragraph) and (14) are hereby amended
9 and reenacted and R.S. 22:1856(C)(15) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
10 ยง1856. Thirty-day payment Payment standard; limitations on claim filing and
11 audits; remittance advice
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13 C. Each remittance advice generated by a health insurance issuer or its agent
14 to a pharmacist or his agent or pharmacy or its agent shall be postmarked within
15 seven business days sent on the date of payment and shall include the following
16 information, clearly identified and totaled for each claim listed:
17 * * *
18 (14) Network identifier.
19 (15) A toll-free telephone number for assistance with the remittance advice.
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1 Section 2. This Act shall become effective on January 1, 2017.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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