2012 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 27 - Insurance
Chapter 27-19 - Nonprofit Hospital Service Corporations
Chapter 27-19-42 - Drug coverage.

§ 27-19-42 Drug coverage. – (a) Any nonprofit hospital service corporation that utilizes a formulary of medications for which coverage is provided under an individual or group plan master contract shall require any physician or other person authorized by the department of health to prescribe medication to prescribe from the formulary. A physician or other person authorized by the department of health to prescribe medication shall be allowed to prescribe medications previously on, or not on, the nonprofit hospital service corporation's formulary if he or she believes that the prescription of the non-formulary medication is medically necessary. A nonprofit hospital service corporation shall be required to provide coverage for a non-formulary medication only when the non-formulary medication meets the nonprofit hospital service corporation's medical exception criteria for the coverage of that medication.

(b) A nonprofit hospital service corporation's medical exception criteria for the coverage of non-formulary medications shall be developed in accordance with § 23-17.13-3(c)(3).

(c) Any subscriber who is aggrieved by a denial of benefits to be provided under this section may appeal the denial in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated by the department of health pursuant to chapter 17.12 of title 23.

History of Section.
(P.L. 1998, ch. 290, § 2.)