Sec. 1560.003. MULTIPLE-MONTH SUPPLY OF PRESCRIPTION DRUG. (a) In this section, "multiple-month supply" means a supply for 60 or more days.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law, an issuer of a health benefit plan that provides pharmacy benefits to enrollees must allow an enrollee to obtain from a community retail pharmacy a multiple-month supply of any prescription drug under the same terms and conditions applicable when the prescription drug is obtained from a mail order pharmacy, if the community retail pharmacy agrees to accept reimbursement on exactly the same terms and conditions that apply to a mail order pharmacy.

(c) This section does not require:

(1) the issuer of a health benefit plan to contract with:

(A) a retail pharmacy that does not agree to accept reimbursement on exactly the same terms and conditions that apply to a mail order pharmacy; or

(B) more than one mail order pharmacy; or

(2) a community retail pharmacy to:

(A) provide a multiple-month supply of a prescription drug under the same terms and conditions applicable when the prescription drug is obtained from a mail order pharmacy; or

(B) agree to accept reimbursement on exactly the same terms and conditions that apply to a mail order pharmacy.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1207 (S.B. 704), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2009.