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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
A. An individual or group health maintenance organization contract that is delivered, issued for delivery or renewed in this state and that provides coverage for prescription eye drops shall not deny coverage for a renewal of prescription eye drops when:
(1) the renewal is requested by the insured at least twenty-three days for a thirty-day supply of eye drops, forty-five days for a sixty-day supply of eye drops or sixty-eight days for a ninety-day supply of eye drops from the later of the date that the original prescription was dispensed to the insured or the date that the last renewal of the prescription was dispensed to the insured; and
(2) the prescriber indicates on the original prescription that additional quantities are needed and that the renewal requested by the insured does not exceed the number of additional quantities needed.
B. As used in this section, “prescriber” means a person who is authorized pursuant to the New Mexico Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act 1 to prescribe prescription eye drops.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - New Mexico Statutes Chapter 59A. Insurance Code § 59A-46-50.2. Coverage of prescription eye drop refills - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nm/chapter-59a-insurance-code/nm-st-sect-59a-46-50-2/
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