2021 Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title XXII - Corporations
Chapter 176g - Health Maintenance Organizations
Section 4ii - Coverage for Prescription Eye Drops
[ Text of section added by 2021, 29, Sec. 26 effective July 1, 2021 until July 1, 2022. See 2021, 29, Sec. 69.]
Section 4II. An individual or group health maintenance contract that provides coverage for prescription eye drops shall provide coverage for refills of prescription eye drops in accordance with the Medicare Part D guidelines on early refills of topical ophthalmic products when: (i) the prescribing health care practitioner indicates on the original prescription that additional quantities of the prescription eye drops are needed; (ii) the refill requested by the insured does not exceed the number of additional quantities indicated on the original prescription by the prescribing health care practitioner; and (iii) the prescription eye drops prescribed by the health care practitioner are a covered benefit under the policy or contract of the insured.
