CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

             ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5566

 

 

                   Chapter 106, Laws of 2001

 

 

                        57th Legislature

                      2001 Regular Session

 

 

PHARMACY IDENTIFICATION CARDS

 

 

 

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  7/22/01

Passed by the Senate March 13, 2001

  YEAS 48   NAYS 0

 

 

               BRAD OWEN

President of the Senate

 

Passed by the House April 10, 2001

  YEAS 94   NAYS 0

             CERTIFICATE

 

I, Tony M. Cook, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5566 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

              FRANK CHOPP

Speaker of the

      House of Representatives

            TONY M. COOK

                            Secretary

 

 

 

             CLYDE BALLARD

Speaker of the

      House of Representatives

 

 

Approved April 19, 2001 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.  

                                FILED          

 

 

           April 19, 2001 - 5:36 p.m.

 

 

 

              GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

                 Secretary of State

                 State of Washington


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               ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5566

          _______________________________________________

 

             Passed Legislature - 2001 Regular Session

 

State of Washington      57th Legislature     2001 Regular Session

 

By Senate Committee on Health & Long‑Term Care (originally sponsored by Senators Thibaudeau, Franklin, Deccio and Kohl‑Welles)

 

READ FIRST TIME 02/28/01.

Requiring uniform prescription drug information cards.   


    AN ACT Relating to requiring uniform prescription drug information cards; adding a new section to chapter 48.43 RCW; and creating a new section.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1.  It is the intent of the legislature to improve care to patients by minimizing confusion, eliminating unnecessary paperwork, decreasing administrative burdens, and streamlining dispensing of prescription products paid for by third-party payors.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 48.43 RCW to read as follows:

    (1) A health carrier that provides coverage for prescription drugs provided on an outpatient basis and issues a card or other technology for claims processing, or an administrator of a health benefit plan including, but not limited to, third-party administrators for self-insured plans, pharmacy benefits managers, and state administered plans, shall issue to its enrollees a pharmacy identification card or other technology containing all information required for proper prescription drug claims adjudication.

    (2) Upon renewal of the health benefit plan, information on the pharmacy identification card or other technology shall be made current by the health carrier or other entity that issues the card.

    (3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require any health carrier or administrator of a health benefit plan to issue a pharmacy identification card or other technology separate from another identification card issued to an enrollee under the health benefit plan if the identification card contains all of the information required under subsection (1) of this section.

    (4) This section applies to health benefit plans that are delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on or after July 1, 2003.  For the purposes of this section, renewal of a health benefit policy, contract, or plan occurs on each anniversary of the date on which coverage was first effective on the person or persons covered by the health benefit plan.

    (5) The insurance commissioner may adopt rules to implement this act, taking into consideration any relevant standards developed by the national council for prescription drug programs and the requirements of the federal health insurance portability and accountability act of 1996.


    Passed the Senate March 13, 2001.

    Passed the House April 10, 2001.

Approved by the Governor April 19, 2001.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 19, 2001.