House
File
700
H-1037
Amend
House
File
700
as
follows:
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1.
Page
1,
after
line
11
by
inserting:
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<
Sec.
___.
NEW
SECTION
.
514C.18A
Emergency
prescription
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drug
refill
coverage.
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1.
Notwithstanding
the
uniformity
of
treatment
requirements
5
of
section
514C.6,
a
plan,
policy,
or
contract
providing
for
6
third-party
payment
or
prepayment
of
health
or
medical
expenses
7
shall
provide
coverage,
subject
to
applicable
copayment
and
8
deductible
requirements,
once
in
a
twelve-month
period
for
the
9
refilling
of
a
prescription
when
dispensed
without
prescriber
10
authorization
pursuant
to
section
155A.29,
subsection
3,
11
paragraph
“b”
.
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2.
a.
This
section
applies
to
the
following
classes
of
13
third-party
payment
provider
plans,
contracts,
or
policies
14
delivered,
issued
for
delivery,
continued,
or
renewed
in
this
15
state
on
or
after
July
1,
2019:
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(1)
Individual
or
group
accident
and
sickness
insurance
17
providing
coverage
on
an
expense-incurred
basis.
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(2)
An
individual
or
group
hospital
or
medical
service
19
contract
issued
pursuant
to
chapter
509,
514,
or
514A.
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(3)
An
individual
or
group
health
maintenance
organization
21
contract
regulated
under
chapter
514B.
22
(4)
Any
other
entity
engaged
in
the
business
of
insurance,
23
risk
transfer,
or
risk
retention,
which
is
subject
to
the
24
jurisdiction
of
the
commissioner.
25
(5)
A
plan
established
pursuant
to
chapter
509A
for
public
26
employees.
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b.
This
section
shall
not
apply
to
accident-only,
28
specified
disease,
short-term
hospital
or
medical,
hospital
29
confinement
indemnity,
credit,
dental,
vision,
Medicare
30
supplement,
long-term
care,
basic
hospital
and
medical-surgical
31
expense
coverage
as
defined
by
the
commissioner,
disability
32
income
insurance
coverage,
coverage
issued
as
a
supplement
33
to
liability
insurance,
workers’
compensation
or
similar
34
insurance,
or
automobile
medical
payment
insurance.
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