Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 22:1011 - Employer-provided health plan; limitation to specific pharmacies prohibited; penaltyA. No employer who provides pharmacy services including prescription drugs to any employee or retiree of such employer, as part of any health insurance or health maintenance program, shall knowingly:(1) Require the employee or retiree to obtain prescription drugs from a mail order pharmacy as a condition of obtaining payment for such drugs; or(2) Impose upon an employee or retiree who does not utilize a designated mail order pharmacy a copayment fee or other condition not imposed upon employees or retirees who utilize the designated mail order pharmacy.B. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any policies, contracts, programs, or plans which are provided by an employer to its employees pursuant to any agreement, whether or not in the form of a binding collective bargaining agreement.C. Any person violating the provisions of this Section, upon conviction shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars.
La. R.S. § 22:1011
Acts 1988, No. 481, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 22:226 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.Acts 1988, No. 481, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 22:226 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. 1/1/2009.
Former R.S. 22:1011 redesignated as R.S. 22:709 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.