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18A.2259 Mail-order drug option for maintenance drugs.

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Page 1 of 1 18A.2259 Mail-order drug option for maintenance drugs. Any self-insured plan offered by the Personnel Cabinet shall include a mail-order drug <br>option for maintenance drugs for public employees, and maintenance drugs may be <br>dispensed by mail in accordance with Kentucky law. The mail-order drug option shall not <br>permit the dispensing of a controlled substance classified in Schedule II. The self-insured <br>plan shall not discriminate against any retail pharmacy located within the geographic <br>coverage area of the plan that meets the terms and conditions for participation established <br>by the plan, including price, dispensing fee, and copay requirements of a mail-order drug <br>option. The retail pharmacy shall not be required to dispense by mail. The net cost to the <br>plan for a quantity of maintenance drugs dispensed by mail order shall not exceed the net <br>cost to the plan for the same quantity of the same drug dispensed by a retail pharmacy <br>under the terms and conditions established for dispensing and reimbursement at retail. Effective: July 12, 2006 <br>History: Created 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 164, sec. 5, effective July 12, 2006.