SB579 Alabama 2012 Session

Updated Jul 25, 2021

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Greg J. Reed
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2012
Title: Health benefit plans, prescription drugs, specify prescription drugs and methodology to determine coverage of a drug, Sec. 10A-20-6.16, 27-21A-23 am'd
Description: This bill would require a health benefit plan that uses drug formularies to specify the prescription drugs that are covered under the plan to provide information to cover individuals regarding which drugs are covered under the plan and what methodology is used to determine if a drug is covered. This bill would require a health benefit plan to offer a prescription drug to a covered individual at the same benefit level as was originally contracted even if the prescription drug is later removed from the formulary.
Subjects: Health Insurance

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Health