33-38-101. Short title — purpose. (1) This part may be cited as the “Montana Medical Care Discount Card and Pharmacy Discount Card Act”.

Terms Used In Montana Code 33-38-101

  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Medical care discount card: means a paper or plastic device or other mechanism, arrangement, account, or other device that does not constitute insurance, as defined in 33-1-201, that purports to grant, for consideration, a discount or access to a discount in a medical care-related purchase from a health care provider. See Montana Code 33-38-102
  • Pharmacy discount card: means a paper or plastic device or other mechanism, arrangement, account, or other device that does not constitute insurance, as defined in 33-1-201, that purports to grant, for consideration, a discount or access to a discount on one or more prescription drugs, and that is not combined with another type of medical care discount. See Montana Code 33-38-102

(2)The purposes of this part are to regulate the promotion, offer, sale, and use of medical care discount cards and pharmacy discount cards and to facilitate the detection of and reduce the occurrence of medical care discount card and pharmacy discount card fraud.