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HB 1674 Workers' Compensation; pharmacist filling a prescription to dispense therapeutically equivalent.

Introduced by: Harry R. Purkey | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Workers' Compensation; use of therapeutically equivalent drug products.  Requires a pharmacist filling a prescription for medication for a workers' compensation claim to dispense a therapeutically equivalent drug product for a prescribed name-brand drug product. However, the pharmacist shall fill the prescription with the name-brand drug product prescribed if (i) a therapeutically equivalent drug product does not exist or the usual and customary retail price for it is higher than that of the prescribed name-brand drug product or (ii) the prescriber specifies on the prescription "brand medically necessary" based on a medical reason why the claimant should not have the prescription filled with a therapeutically equivalent drug product. A prescriber may direct that a prescription is "brand medically necessary" by verbal instructions in a telephone call. The costs of medication prescribed in connection with a compensable claim are not the responsibility of the claimant unless the prescription is obtained through fraud. SB 1158 is identical.


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