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
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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
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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.
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FRANK CHOPP
Speaker of the
House of Representatives
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 TONY M. COOK
Secretary
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CLYDE BALLARD
Speaker of the
House of Representatives
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Approved April 19, 2001 Place Style On
Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.
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FILED
April 19, 2001 - 5:36 p.m.
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GARY LOCKE
Governor of the State of Washington
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Secretary of State
State of Washington
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ENGROSSED
SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5566
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Passed
Legislature - 2001 Regular Session
State
of Washington 57th Legislature 2001 Regular Session
By
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.