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