‘An Act To Prohibit Insurance Carriers from Charging Enrollees for Prescription Drugs in Amounts That Exceed the Drugs' Costs’
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Session - 128th Maine Legislature C "A", Filing Number S-22, Sponsored by
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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘An Act To Prohibit Insurance Carriers from Charging Enrollees for Prescription Drugs in Amounts That Exceed the Drugs' Costs’
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. 24-A MRSA §4317, sub-§13 is enacted to read:
SUMMARY
This amendment replaces the bill and changes the title. The amendment prohibits a carrier or pharmacy benefits manager from imposing on an enrollee in a health plan a copayment or other charge that exceeds the cost of the medication. The amendment also prohibits a carrier or pharmacy benefits manager from penalizing a pharmacy provider for disclosing relevant information about the cost or clinical efficacy of a medication to an enrollee.