2017 Regular Session Prescription drugs; health insurance policies must allow for partial refills for purposes of medication synchronization. AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP HEALTH INSURANCE POLICIES PROVIDING PRESCRIPTION DRUG COVERAGE MUST PERMIT AND APPLY A PRORATED DAILY COST-SHARING RATE TO PRESCRIPTIONS THAT ARE DISPENSED BY A NETWORK PHARMACY FOR A PARTIAL SUPPLY IF THE PRESCRIBER OR PHARMACIST DETERMINES THE FILL OR REFILL TO BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PATIENT AND THE PATIENT REQUESTS OR AGREES TO A PARTIAL SUPPLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF SYNCHRONIZING THE PATIENT'S MEDICATIONS; TO PROHIBIT INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP HEALTH INSURANCE POLICIES FROM DENYING COVERAGE FOR THE DISPENSING OF A MEDICATION THAT IS DISPENSED BY A NETWORK PHARMACY ON THE BASIS THAT THE DISPENSING IS FOR A PARTIAL SUPPLY; TO PROVIDE THAT INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP HEALTH INSURANCE POLICIES MUST ALLOW A PHARMACY TO OVERRIDE ANY DENIAL CODES INDICATING THAT A PRESCRIPTION IS BEING REFILLED TOO SOON FOR THE PURPOSES OF MEDICATION SYNCHRONIZATION; TO PROVIDE THAT INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP HEALTH INSURANCE POLICIES MUST USE PAYMENT STRUCTURES INCORPORATING PRORATED DISPENSING FEES; TO PROVIDE THAT DISPENSING FEES FOR PARTIALLY FILLED OR REFILLED PRESCRIPTIONS MUST BE PAID IN FULL FOR EACH PRESCRIPTION DISPENSED; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 01/31/17 at 16:51 H B 538 House Bill 538 HB 538 H Dead General Bill/Constitutional Amendment No Majority July 1, 2017 Insurance T ../../House_cmtes/IN.xml Mims ../../House_authors/Mims.xml Mettetal ../../House_authors/Mettetal.xml 1 01/13 (H) Referred To Insurance 2 01/31 (H) Died In Committee ../../../../documents/2017/pdf/HB/0500-0599/HB0538IN.pdf ../../../../documents/2017/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0538IN.htm ../../../../documents/2017/pdf/HB/0500-0599/HB0538IN.pdf ../../../../documents/2017/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0538IN.htm N ../../../../documents/2017/pdf/fiscalnotes/HB0538.pdf