(1) A carrier that provides coverage for prescription drugs provided on an outpatient basis and issues a card or other technology for claims processing, or an administrator of a health benefit plan including, but not limited to, a third party administrator for a self-insured plan, a pharmacy benefits manager and an administrator of a state administered plan, shall issue to an enrollee a prescription drug identification card or other technology that contains all information required for proper claims adjudication.

(2) Upon renewal of a health benefit plan, a carrier or administrator shall issue a prescription drug identification card or other technology containing all current information required for proper claims adjudication.

(3) A carrier or administrator of a health benefit plan is not required to issue a prescription drug identification card or other technology separate from another identification card or technology issued to an enrollee under the health benefit plan if the identification card or technology contains all of the information required for proper claims adjudication. [2001 c.549 § 3]

[1967 c.482 § 2; 1975 c.390 § 1; 1981 c.586 § 1; 1983 c.338 § 966; 1987 c.632 § 1; renumbered 742.502 in 1989]