Code of Alabama - Title 27: Insurance - Chapter 45 - Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage

• Article 1 General Provisions.
• Section 27-45-1 Applicability of article
  This article shall apply to health insurance and employee benefit plans providing for pharmaceutical services, including without limitation, prescription drugs.
• Section 27-45-2 Definitions
  As used in this article, the following terms shall have the respective meanings herein set forth, unless the context shall otherwise require: (1) ALABAMA INSURANCE...
• Section 27-45-3 Choice of pharmaceutical services; right to participate as contracting provider
  No health insurance policy or employee benefit plan which is delivered, renewed, issued for delivery, or otherwise contracted for in this state shall: (1) Prevent...
• Section 27-45-4 Effect of policies or plans contrary to article
  Any provision in a health insurance policy or employee benefit plan which is delivered, renewed, issued for delivery, or otherwise contracted for in this state...
• Section 27-45-5 Article does not mandate that pharmaceutical services be provided
  The provisions of this article do not mandate that any type of benefits for pharmaceutical services, including without limitation, prescription drugs, be provided by a...
• Section 27-45-6 Compliance with article
  It shall be unlawful for any insurer or any person to provide any health insurance policy or employee benefit plan providing for pharmaceutical services, including...
• Section 27-45-7 Nonconforming policies and plans not to be approved for sale
  The Commissioner of Insurance shall not approve for sale in this state any health insurance policy or employee benefit plan providing for pharmaceutical services, including...
• Section 27-45-8 Duty to enforce article
  It shall be the duty and responsibility of the Commissioner of Insurance to enforce the provisions of this article.
• Section 27-45-9 Violations
  Each willful violation of the provisions of this article shall be punishable as provided in Section 27-1-12.
• Article 2 Written Proof Pharmacy Registered with State Board.
• Section 27-45-20 No agreement for services until written verification of registration obtained
  No insurance company, health maintenance organization (HMO), employer or organization offering a pharmaceutical prescription program to their employees or members in Alabama, shall enter into...

Last modified: May 3, 2021