Okla. Stat. tit. 36 § 6060.9d

Current through Laws 2024, c. 378.

Section 6060.9d - Prescription eyedrop refills

A. Any health benefit plan issued or renewed on or after November 1, 2017, that provides coverage for prescription eyedrops shall not deny coverage for a refill of a prescription if:

1. For a thirty-day supply, the amount of time has passed after which a patient should have used seventy percent (70%) of the dosage units of the drug according to a practitioner's instructions, or twenty-one (21) days from:

a. the original date the prescription was distributed to the insured, or

b. the date the most recent refill was distributed to the insured;

2. The prescribing practitioner indicates on the original prescription that additional quantities are needed;

3. The refill requested by the insured does not exceed the number of additional quantities needed; and

4. The prescription eyedrops prescribed by the practitioner are a covered benefit under the policy or contract to the insured.

B. As used in this section, "health benefit plan" means any plan or arrangement as defined in subsection C of Section 6060.4 of Title 36 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

Okla. Stat. tit. 36, § 6060.9d

Added by Laws 2017 , c. 15, s. 1, eff. 11/1/2017.