§ 15-1636. Cancellation and reversal

MD Ins Code § 15-1636 (2019) (N/A)
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(a)    A pharmacy benefits manager or its agent shall cancel and reverse a therapeutic interchange on written or verbal instructions from a prescriber, the beneficiary, or the beneficiary’s representative.

(b)    If a therapeutic interchange is reversed, the pharmacy benefits manager or its agent shall:

(1)    obtain a prescription for and dispense the originally prescribed prescription drug; and

(2)    charge the beneficiary no more than one copayment.

(c)    If the therapeutic interchange occurred through a mail order pharmacy and a beneficiary will exhaust an existing supply of the originally prescribed prescription drug before a replacement shipment will arrive to the beneficiary, the pharmacy benefits manager or its agent shall arrange for dispensing of an appropriate quantity of replacement prescription drugs at a local community pharmacy at no additional cost to the beneficiary.

(d)    A pharmacy benefits manager or its agent may not be required to cancel and reverse a therapeutic interchange if a beneficiary is unwilling to pay a higher copayment or coinsurance associated with the originally prescribed prescription drug.