House Insurance Committee Passes Medication Synchronization
The
As one of the first standing House committees to hold a voting meeting for the 2019-20 legislative session, the
"This is a consumer-friendly and common-sense bill," said Pickett, who led the
This legislation also seeks to reduce poor health care outcomes that results from decreased medication adherence and includes protection for the patient by barring their insurance plan from denying coverage for the scripts filled by medication synchronization on the basis that it is a partial fill of the script and provides for prorated cost sharing.
Medication synchronization is done by allowing pharmacists to dispense partial quantities, or short fills, of a patient's medication, in order to coordinate the prescription fill or refill date with that of the patient's other prescribed medications. At least 35 other states have enacted or introduced legislation to allow for this important service to patients with multiple prescriptions.
House Bill 195 now advances to the full House for consideration.
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