Senate
File
561
H-1331
Amend
Senate
File
561,
as
amended,
passed,
and
reprinted
by
1
the
Senate,
as
follows:
2
1.
Page
77,
after
line
35
by
inserting:
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DIVISION
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PRESCRIPTION
INSULIN
DRUGS
——
COVERAGE
5
Sec.
___.
NEW
SECTION
.
514C.18A
Prescription
insulin
drugs
6
——
coverage.
7
1.
As
used
in
this
section,
unless
the
context
otherwise
8
requires:
9
a.
“Cost-sharing”
means
any
coverage
limit,
copayment,
10
coinsurance,
deductible,
or
other
out-of-pocket
expense
11
obligation
imposed
on
a
covered
person
by
a
policy,
contract,
12
or
plan
providing
for
third-party
payment
or
prepayment
of
13
health
or
medical
expenses.
14
b.
“Covered
person”
means
a
policyholder,
subscriber,
or
15
other
person
participating
in
a
policy,
contract,
or
plan
that
16
provides
for
third-party
payment
or
prepayment
of
health
or
17
medical
expenses.
18
c.
“Health
care
professional”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
19
section
514J.102.
20
d.
“Prescription
insulin
drug”
means
a
prescription
drug
21
that
contains
insulin,
is
used
to
treat
diabetes,
that
has
been
22
prescribed
as
medically
necessary
by
a
covered
person’s
health
23
care
professional,
and
is
a
benefit
covered
by
the
covered
24
person’s
policy,
contract,
or
plan.
25
2.
Notwithstanding
the
uniformity
of
treatment
requirements
26
of
section
514C.6,
a
policy,
contract,
or
plan
providing
for
27
third-party
payment
or
prepayment
of
health
or
medical
expenses
28
that
provides
coverage
for
prescription
drugs
shall
cap
the
29
total
amount
of
cost-sharing
that
a
covered
person
is
required
30
to
pay
per
prescription
filled
to
an
amount
not
to
exceed
31
twenty-five
dollars
for
up
to
a
thirty-one-day
supply
of
at
32
least
one
type
of
each
of
the
following:
33
a.
Rapid-acting
prescription
insulin
drugs.
34
b.
Short-acting
prescription
insulin
drugs.
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c.
Intermediate-acting
prescription
insulin
drugs.
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d.
Long-acting
prescription
insulin
drugs.
2
3.
Nothing
in
this
section
shall
be
construed
to
prohibit
3
a
policy,
contract,
or
plan
providing
for
third-party
payment
4
or
prepayment
of
health
or
medical
expenses
from
reducing
a
5
covered
person’s
cost-sharing
obligation
by
an
amount
greater
6
than
the
amount
specified
pursuant
to
subsection
2.
7
4.
a.
This
section
shall
apply
to
the
following
classes
8
of
third-party
payment
provider
contracts,
policies,
or
plans
9
delivered,
issued
for
delivery,
continued,
or
renewed
in
this
10
state
on
or
after
January
1,
2024:
11
(1)
Individual
or
group
accident
and
sickness
insurance
12
providing
coverage
on
an
expense-incurred
basis.
13
(2)
An
individual
or
group
hospital
or
medical
service
14
contract
issued
pursuant
to
chapter
509,
514,
or
514A.
15
(3)
An
individual
or
group
health
maintenance
organization
16
contract
regulated
under
chapter
514B.
17
(4)
A
plan
established
for
public
employees
pursuant
to
18
chapter
509A.
19
b.
This
section
shall
not
apply
to
accident-only,
specified
20
disease,
short-term
hospital
or
medical,
hospital
confinement
21
indemnity,
credit,
dental,
vision,
Medicare
supplement,
22
long-term
care,
basic
hospital
and
medical-surgical
expense
23
coverage
as
defined
by
the
commissioner
of
insurance,
24
disability
income
insurance
coverage,
coverage
issued
as
a
25
supplement
to
liability
insurance,
workers’
compensation
or
26
similar
insurance,
or
automobile
medical
payment
insurance.
27
5.
The
commissioner
of
insurance
may
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
28
chapter
17A
to
administer
this
section.
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2.
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page,
line
10,
after
<
institutions,
>
by
inserting
30
<
prescription
insulin
drug
coverage,
>
31
3.
By
renumbering
as
necessary.
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