HB 1295 - AS INTRODUCED
2000 SESSION
HOUSE BILL 1295
AN ACT relative to prescription drug cards.
SPONSORS: Rep. Taylor, Straf 11; Rep. M. Fuller Clark, Rock 36; Sen. Wheeler, Dist 21
This bill requires that insurers providing coverage for prescription drugs issue to their enrollees a card or other similar item containing uniform prescription drug information.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
00-2289
08/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT relative to prescription drug cards.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Intent. It is the intent of the general court to lessen patient's waiting times, decrease administrative burdens for pharmacies, and improve care to patients by minimizing confusion, eliminating unnecessary paperwork, and streamlining dispensing of prescription products paid for by third party payors.
2 New Section; Accident and Health Insurance; Individual Policy Prescription Drug Information Cards. Amend RSA 415 by inserting after section 6-g the following new section:
415:6-h Individual Policy Prescription Drug Information Cards.
I. Each insurer that issues or renews any individual policy of accident or health insurance which provides coverage for prescription drugs or devices, shall issue to certificate holders a card or other technology containing uniform prescription drug information. The uniform prescription drug information card or technology shall be in a format approved by the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) and shall include all of the required and conditional or situational fields and conform to the most recent pharmacy identification card or technology implementation guide produced by NCPDP or conform to a national format acceptable to the insurance commissioner.
II. A new uniform prescription drug information card or technology, as required under paragraph I, shall be issued by an insurer upon enrollment and reissued upon any change in the certificate holder's coverage that impacts data contained on the card or upon any change in the NCPDP implementation guide. Newly issued cards or technology shall be updated with the latest coverage information and shall conform to the NCPDP standards then in effect and to the implementation guide then in use.
3 New Section; Accident and Health Insurance; Group or Blanket Plan Prescription Drug Information Cards. Amend RSA 415 by inserting after section 18-j the following new section:
415:18-k Group or Blanket Plan Prescription Drug Information Cards.
I. Each insurer that issues or renews any policy of group or blanket accident or health insurance which provides coverage for prescription drugs or devices, shall issue to certificate holders a card or other technology containing uniform prescription drug information. The uniform prescription drug information card or technology shall be in a format approved by the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) and shall include all of the required and conditional or situational fields and conform to the most recent pharmacy identification card or technology implementation guide produced by NCPDP or conform to a national format acceptable to the insurance commissioner.
II. A new uniform prescription drug information card or technology, as required under paragraph I, shall be issued by an insurer upon enrollment and reissued upon any change in the certificate holder's coverage that impacts data contained on the card or upon any change in the NCPDP implementation guide. Newly issued cards or technology shall be updated with the latest coverage information and shall conform to the NCPDP standards then in effect and to the implementation guide then in use.
4 New Section; Health Service Corporations; Prescription Drug Information Cards. Amend RSA 420-A:2 to read as follows:
420-A:2 Applicable Statutes. Every health service corporation shall be governed by this chapter and the relevant provisions of RSA 161-H, and shall be exempt from this title except for the provisions of RSA 400-A:39, RSA 401-B, RSA 402-C, RSA 415-A, RSA 415-F, RSA 415:6, II(4), RSA 415:6-g, RSA 415:6-h, RSA 415:18, V, RSA 415:18, VII(g), RSA 415:18, VII-a, RSA 415:18-a, RSA 415:18-j, RSA 415:18-k, RSA 415:22, RSA 417, RSA 417-E, RSA 420-J, and all applicable provisions of title XXXVII wherein such corporations are specifically included. Every health service corporation and its agents shall be subject to the fees prescribed for health service corporations under RSA 400-A:29, VII.
5 New Paragraphs; Prescription Drugs; Prescription Drug Information Cards. Amend RSA 420-J:7-b by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraphs:
V. Every health benefit plan that provides coverage for prescription drugs or devices, or administers such a plan, shall issue to covered persons a card or other technology containing uniform prescription drug information. The uniform prescription drug information card or technology shall be in a format approved by the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) and shall include all of the required and conditional or situational fields and conform to the most recent pharmacy identification card or technology implementation guide produced by NCPDP or conform to a national format acceptable to the insurance commissioner.
VI. A new uniform prescription drug information card or technology, as required under paragraph V, shall be issued by a health benefit plan upon enrollment and reissued upon any change in the covered person's coverage that impacts data contained on the card or upon any change in the NCPDP implementation guide. Newly issued cards or technology shall be updated with the latest coverage information and shall conform to the NCPDP standards then in effect and to the implementation guide then in use.
6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.