Section 59A-23-13 - Pharmacy benefits; prescription synchronizationA. A group or blanket health insurance policy, health care plan or certificate of health insurance that is delivered, issued for delivery or renewed in this state and that provides a prescription drug or device benefit shall allow an insured to fill or refill a prescription for less than a thirty-day supply of the prescription drug, and apply a prorated daily copayment or coinsurance for the fill or refill, if: (1) the prescribing practitioner or the pharmacist determines the fill or refill to be in the best interest of the insured;(2) the insured requests or agrees to receive less than a thirty-day supply of the prescription drug; and(3) the reduced fill or refill is made for the purpose of synchronizing the insured's prescription drug fills.B. A group or blanket health insurance policy, health care plan or certificate of health insurance that is delivered, issued for delivery or renewed in this state and that provides a prescription drug or device benefit shall not: (1) deny coverage for the filling of a chronic medication when the fill is made in accordance with a plan to synchronize multiple prescriptions for the insured pursuant to Subsection A of this section established among the insurer, the prescribing practitioner and a pharmacist. The insurer shall allow a pharmacy to override any denial indicating that a prescription is being refilled too soon for the purposes of medication synchronization; and(2) prorate a dispensing fee to a pharmacy that fills a prescription with less than a thirty-day supply of prescription drug pursuant to Subsection A of this section. The insurer shall pay in full a dispensing fee for a partially filled or refilled prescription for each prescription dispensed, regardless of any pro-rated copayment or coinsurance that the insured may pay for prescription synchronization services.Added by 2015, c. 65,s. 4, eff. 6/19/2015.