00                    CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 125(L&C) am                                                                   
01 "An Act prohibiting a health care insurer from denying coverage for an additional                                       
02 limited quantity of prescription topical eye medication under certain circumstances."                                   
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 21.42 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                  
05            Sec. 21.42.425. Coverage for prescription topical eye medication. (a) A                                    
06       health care insurer that offers, issues for delivery, delivers, or renews a health care                           
07       insurance plan in the group or individual market in the state that provides coverage for                          
08       prescription topical eye medication shall allow the early refill of a prescription for a                          
09       topical eye medication to treat a chronic condition before the last day of the prescribed                         
10       dosage period, without regard to a coverage restriction.                                                          
11            (b)  A covered person may request an early refill under this section                                         
12                 (1)  not earlier than 23 days after a prescription for a 30-day supply is                               
13       dispensed;                                                                                                        
14                 (2)  not earlier than 45 days after a prescription for a 60-day supply is                               

01       dispensed;                                                                                                        
02                 (3)  not earlier than 68 days after a prescription for a 90 day supply is                               
03       dispensed;                                                                                                        
04                 (4)  if the prescriber has indicated the number of refills needed; and                                  
05                 (5)  the prescription topical eye medication being refilled is covered                                  
06       under the covered person's policy.                                                                                
07            (c)  A covered person may receive an early refill under this section not more                                
08       than once during the approved dosage period.                                                                      
09            (d)  A covered person may only receive an early refill under this section if the                             
10       refill does not exceed the number of refills prescribed.                                                          
11    * Sec. 2. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
12 read:                                                                                                                   
13       APPLICABILITY. AS 21.42.425, enacted by sec. 1 of this Act, applies to a health                                   
14 care insurance plan offered, issued for delivery, delivered, or renewed on or after January 1,                          
15 2014.