HB320 - Health benefit plans; prohibit from providing coverage or related services for clinician-administered drugs.
Lee Yancey
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Create New Section 83-9-24.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Prohibitions On Health Benefit Plans Or Policies When Providing Insurance Coverage For A Clinician-administered Drug, Which Means An Outpatient Prescription Drug Other Than A Vaccine That Cannot Reasonably Be Self-administered By The Patient To Whom The Drug Is Prescribed Or By An Individual Assisting The Patient With The Self-administration And Is Typically Administered By A Health Care Provider Authorized Under The Laws Of This State To Administer The Drug, Including When Acting Under A Physician's Delegation And Supervision And In A Physician's Office, Hospital Outpatient Infusion Center Or Other Clinical Setting; To Provide The Definition For "health Benefit Plan Or Policy"; To Provide That A Health Benefit Plan May Offer The Use Of A Home Infusion Pharmacy To Dispense Clinician-administered Drugs To Patients In Their Homes Or The Use Of An Infusion Site External To A Patient's Provider Office Or Clinic; To Provide That These Provisions Shall Be Applicable To Any Managed Health Care Delivery Entities Including The State And School Employees Health Insurance Plan And The Mississippi Medicaid Program; To Amend Section 25-15-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Section; And For Related Purposes.
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