HB61 Alabama 2014 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Ron Johnson

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2014

Title

Workers' compensation, medicines, employee may choose his or her own pharmacy, Sec. 25-5-77 am'd.

Summary

HB61 would let an employee with a workers’ compensation injury choose which pharmacy or pharmacist fills their prescription medicines.

What This Bill Does

The bill amends the workers’ compensation law to add the right for an injured employee to select his or her own pharmacy or pharmacist to dispense and fill prescriptions. This right is specific to medicines required under the workers’ compensation claim, while other rules for medical expenses and payments stay governed by existing law. The act becomes effective January 1, 2015.

Who It Affects

• Injured employees under Alabama workers’ compensation who want to choose their own pharmacy for prescriptions.
• Employers and workers’ compensation insurers who would need to honor the employee’s choice and process reimbursements under the established medical expense framework.

Key Provisions

• Adds new provision granting an injured employee the right to select his or her own pharmacy or pharmacist for dispensing and filling prescriptions under the Workers’ Compensation Law (new subsection (j) of Section 25-5-77).
• Effective date: January 1, 2015.

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Subjects

Workers' Compensation