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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor Ch. 342
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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, pursuant to Article III,
§ 35 of the Maryland Constitution, this Act may not be construed to extend or apply to
the salary or compensation of the Treasurer of Cecil County in office on the effective
date of this Act, but the provisions of this Act concerning the salary or compensation
of the Treasurer of Cecil County shall take effect at the beginning of the next
following term of office.
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect October 1, 2005.
Approved May 10, 2005.
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CHAPTER 342
(Senate Bill 885)
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AN ACT concerning
Health Insurance— Maintenance Drug Prescriptions - Mail Order Purchase
- Study
FOR the purpose of repealing a prohibition against certain health insurance or
nonprofit health service plan policies or contracts imposing a co-payment,
deductible, or other condition on the use of a community pharmacy that the
policies or contracts do not impose on the services of a mail order pharmacy;
prohibiting certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health
maintenance organizations from limiting the purchase of certain maintenance
drugs to purchase through mail order pharmacies; authorizing certain insurers,
nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to
establish cost sharing for retail purchase of certain maintenance drugs that
differs from cost sharing for mail order purchase; and generally relating to
health insurance provisions for purchasing prescribed maintenance drugs
through mail order requiring the Maryland Insurance Administration and the
Maryland Health Care Commission, in consultation with the Maryland Board of
Pharmacy, to study the utilization impact, cost savings, financial impact on
retail pharmacies, and convenience of mail order service for purchasing certain
maintenance drugs; requiring the Administration and the Commission to issue a
certain report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before a certain
date; and generally relating to the study of mail order purchases for
maintenance prescription drugs.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article—Insurance
Section 15-805 and 15-824
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2002 Replacement Volume and 2004 Supplement)
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