Restrictions on pharmaceutical services.

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632.86 Restrictions on pharmaceutical services.

(1) In this section:

(a) “Disability insurance policy" has the meaning given in s. 632.895 (1) (a), except that the term does not include coverage under a health maintenance organization, as defined in s. 609.01 (2), a limited service health organization, as defined in s. 609.01 (3), a preferred provider plan, as defined in s. 609.01 (4), or a health care plan operated by a cooperative association organized under s. 185.981.

(b) “Pharmaceutical mail order plan" means a plan under which prescribed drugs or devices are dispensed through the mail.

(c) “Prescribed drug or device" has the meaning given in s. 450.01 (18).

(2) No group or blanket disability insurance policy that provides coverage of prescribed drugs or devices through a pharmaceutical mail order plan may do any of the following:

(a) Exclude coverage, expressly or by implication, of any prescribed drug or device provided by a pharmacist or pharmacy selected by a covered individual if the pharmacist or pharmacy provides or agrees to provide prescribed drugs or devices under the terms of the policy and at the same cost to the insurer issuing the policy as a pharmaceutical mail order plan.

(b) Contain coverage, deductible or copayment provisions for prescribed drugs or devices provided by a pharmacist or pharmacy selected by a covered individual that are different from the coverage, deductible or copayment provisions for prescribed drugs or devices provided by a pharmaceutical mail order plan.

History: 1991 a. 70; 2009 a. 165.


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