Kansas Statutes 39-7,121e. Limitation of reimbursement to multisource generic equivalent drugs, when; pharmacists not required to dispense certain drugs
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Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 39-7,121e
- Assistance: includes such items or functions as the giving or providing of money, food assistance, food, clothing, shelter, medicine or other materials, the giving of any service, including instructive or scientific. See Kansas Statutes 39-702
- Department: means the department of health and environment. See Kansas Statutes 39-7,116
- Medical assistance: means the payment of all or part of the cost of necessary: (1) Medical, remedial, rehabilitative or preventive care and services that are within the scope of services to be provided under a medical care plan developed by the secretary pursuant to this act and furnished by health care providers who have a current approved provider agreement with the secretary; and (2) transportation to obtain care and services that are within the scope of services to be provided under a medical care plan developed by the secretary pursuant to this act. See Kansas Statutes 39-702
(a) Except where a prescriber has personally written “dispense as written” or “D.A.W.,” or has signed the prescriber’s name on the “dispense as written” signature line in accordance with Kan. Stat. Ann. § 65-1637, and amendments thereto, the department of health and environment may limit reimbursement for a prescription under the medicaid program to the multisource generic equivalent drug.
(b) No pharmacist participating in the medical assistance program shall be required to dispense a prescription-only drug that will not be reimbursed by the medical assistance program.