Requires insurers to cover the substitution of a brand name prescription drug when the federal food and drug administration has declared that there is a supply issue with a generic drug.
Enacts the "foreign drug transparency act"; requires the disclosure to a health plan, pharmacy and patient whether a prescription drug was manufactured or compounded in a foreign country; whether the prescription was approved by the federal food and drug administration foreign drug inspection program; requires the date of the last inspection of such prescription drug by the federal food and drug administration foreign drug inspection program; requires certain labelling on such drugs.
Directs the department of health to create a prescription drug inventory database that contains a list of all drugs designated as being currently in shortage by the federal food and drug administration's drug shortages database, and a list of pharmacies in the state where each such drug is currently in stock.
Requires managed care providers and the medical assistance program shall cover prescription drugs approved by the federal food and drug administration for chronic weight management in adults with obesity with at least one weight-related condition.
Requires managed care providers and the medical assistance program shall cover prescription drugs approved by the federal food and drug administration for chronic weight management in adults with obesity with at least one weight-related condition.
Provides that every insurance policy which provides coverage for prescription drugs shall insure that there is continuous coverage of a single source drug that is part of a prescribed therapy until such prescribed therapy is no longer medically necessary for the enrollee of such policy; defines "single source drug".
Provides that every insurance policy which provides coverage for prescription drugs shall insure that there is continuous coverage of a single source drug that is part of a prescribed therapy until such prescribed therapy is no longer medically necessary for the enrollee of such policy; defines "single source drug".
Requires notification by a prescriber or pharmacist of the substitution of one generic drug product for another generic drug product; requires both oral and written notification.
Requires prescription drug containers be labeled with a description of the size, shape, color and imprint of the prescription drug it contains.
Requires prescription drug containers be labeled with a description of the size, shape, color and imprint of the prescription drug it contains.