62A.307 PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; EQUAL TREATMENT OF PRESCRIBERS.
Subdivision 1.
Scope of requirement. This section applies to any of the following if issued
or renewed to a Minnesota resident or to cover a Minnesota resident:
(1) a health plan, as defined in section
62A.011;
(2) coverage described in section
62A.011, subdivision 3, clause (2), (3), or (6) to (12); and
(3) a policy, contract, or certificate issued by a community integrated service network
licensed under chapter 62N.
Subd. 2.
Requirement. Coverage described in subdivision 1 that covers prescription drugs
must provide the same coverage for a prescription written by a health care provider authorized to
prescribe the particular drug covered by the health coverage described in subdivision 1, regardless
of the type of health care provider that wrote the prescription. This section is intended to prohibit
denial of coverage based on the prescription having been written by an advanced practice nurse
under section
148.235, a physician assistant under section
147A.18, or any other nonphysician
health care provider authorized to prescribe the particular drug.
History: 1995 c 69 s 1; 1996 c 305 art 1 s 17; 1997 c 225 art 2 s 62