WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 797

SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 2 and
Section 3 of this Act shall take effect July 1, 1989.

Approved May 25, 1989.

CHAPTER 797

(House Bill 338)

AN ACT concerning

Health Insurance - Reimbursement for Pharmaceutical
Products - Pharmaceutical Services

FOR the purpose of prohibiting any group or individual health
insurance policy issued by an insurer or nonprofit health
service plan that provides hospital, medical, or surgical
benefits and that provides reimbursement for pharmaceutical
products from establishing the amount of reimbursement on
the basis off the identity, practicing specialty, or
occupation of the authorized prescriber; specifying that
certain provisions of law do not limit the amount of
reimbursement under this Act; prohibiting certain individual
or group health insurance policies issued or delivered in
the State from imposing a copayment, deductible, or other
condition on an insured or certificate holder utilizing the
services of a community pharmacy that is not imposed on an
insured or certificate holder utilizing the services of a
mail order pharmacy under certain circumstances; providing
for a certain exception to the Act; and providing for the
applicability of this Act; defining certain terms; and
generally relating to health insurance reimbursement of
pharmaceutical services and products.

BY adding to

Article 48A - Insurance Code

Section 490K

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1986 Replacement Volume and 1988 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 48A - Insurance Code

490K.

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