A. Any health benefit plan issued or renewed on or after November 1, 2017, that provides coverage for prescription eyedrops shall not deny coverage for a refill of a prescription if: 1. For a thirty-day supply, the amount of time has passed after which a patient should have used seventy percent (70%) of the dosage units of the drug according to a practitioner's instructions, or twenty-one (21) days from:a.the original date the prescription was distributed to the insured, orb.the date the most recent refill was distributed to the insured;2. The prescribing practitioner indicates on the original prescription that additional quantities are needed;3. The refill requested by the insured does not exceed the number of additional quantities needed; and4. The prescription eyedrops prescribed by the practitioner are a covered benefit under the policy or contract to the insured.B. As used in this section, 'health benefit plan' means any plan or arrangement as defined in subsection C of Section 6060.4 of Title 36 of the Oklahoma Statutes.Added by Laws 2017, c. 15, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.
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