Senate Bill 2620

    Florida Senate - 2000                                  SB 2620

    By Senator Hargrett





    21-1321-00

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to health care; requiring

  3         entities that provide pharmacy benefits, as

  4         defined, to provide beneficiaries with a card

  5         containing specified information about the

  6         provider and the benefits; providing for

  7         rulemaking by the Department of Insurance;

  8         providing an effective date.

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10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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12         Section 1.  Pharmacy benefits; card.--

13         (1)  An insurance company or health maintenance

14  organization that provides pharmacy benefits in addition to

15  any other health care benefit must issue each beneficiary a

16  card. The card must contain the information that the

17  Department of Insurance prescribes by rule, including, at a

18  minimum:

19         (a)  The name or logo of the entity providing the

20  pharmacy benefits;

21         (b)  The group number applicable for the beneficiary;

22         (c)  The effective date of the coverage;

23         (d)  A telephone number to be used to contact an

24  appropriate person to obtain information relating to the

25  pharmacy benefits provided;

26         (e)  Copayment information for generic and brand-name

27  prescription drugs; and

28         (f)  If assigned, the International Identification

29  Number that is assigned by the American National Standards

30  Institute for the entity that is providing the pharmacy

31  benefits.

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    Florida Senate - 2000                                  SB 2620
    21-1321-00




  1         (2)  For the purposes of this section, the term

  2  "pharmacy benefits" includes, but is not limited to,

  3  dispensing of any legend drug, prescription drug, or medicinal

  4  drug, as defined in section 499.003, Florida Statutes, or any

  5  proprietary drug or OTC drug, as defined in section 499.003,

  6  Florida Statutes, when prescribed by a health care

  7  practitioner authorized to prescribe drugs in this state.

  8         Section 2.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2001.

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11                          SENATE SUMMARY

12    Requires insurance companies and health maintenance
      organizations offering pharmacy benefits to provide
13    beneficiaries with cards that contain information about
      the provider and the benefits. Prescribes minimum
14    information and authorizes the Department of Insurance to
      adopt rules requiring additional information.
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