North Carolina legislation · 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina H820: Prescription Eye Drop Early Refill Coverage.
Status: Introduced, April 16, 2025
What the bill says
An act to require health benefit plans that provide coverage for prescription eye drops to also provide coverage for early refills.
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO REQUIRE HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS THAT PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR PRESCRIPTION EYE DROPS TO ALSO PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR EARLY REFILLS. The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: SECTION 1.(a) Article 3 of Chapter 58 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read: "§ 58-3-266. Coverage for early refills of prescription eye drops. Every health benefit plan offered by an insurer in this State that provides coverage for prescription eye drops shall not deny coverage for a refill of an eye drop prescription if both of the following conditions apply: (1) For a 30-day supply, the patient requested the refill after either of the following: a. The passage of an amount of time after which a patient should have used seventy percent (70%) of the dosage units of the drug according to a health care provider's instructions. b. Twenty-one days after either (i) the original date the prescription was distributed to the insured or (ii) the date the most recent refill was distributed to the insured. (2) The refill requested by the insured would not exceed the limit, if any, on the number of refills for that prescription that the prescribing health care provider indicated on the original prescription." SECTION 1.(b) G.S. 135-48.51 reads as rewritten: "§ 135-48.51. Coverage and …
Sponsors
- Reeder, Timothy (R, 9) · primary sponsor
- Campbell, Grant L. (R, 83) · primary sponsor
- Rhyne, Heather H. (R, 97) · primary sponsor
- Crawford, Sarah (D, 66) · primary sponsor
- Belk, Mary (D, 88)
- Brown, Gloristine (D, 8)
- Cervania, Maria (D, 41)
- Cohn, Bryan (D, 32)
- Colvin, Mike (D, 42)
- Cunningham, Carla D. (I, 106)
- Dew, Aisha O. (D, 107)
- Greenfield, Julia (D, 100)
Latest actions
- : Re-ref Com On Appropriations
- : Reptd Fav
- : Ref to the Com on Insurance, if favorable, Appropriations, if favorable, Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- : Passed 1st Reading
- : Filed
Subjects: COUNCIL OF STATE, BUDGETING, GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, PHARMACEUTICALS, STATE EMPLOYEES, HEALTH SERVICES, INSURANCE, OPTHALMOLOGY & OPTHALMOLOGISTS
Common questions
- What is H820?
- H820 is a bill in the North Carolina Legislature (2025-2026 Session): Prescription Eye Drop Early Refill Coverage.
- What does H820 do?
- In its own words: An act to require health benefit plans that provide coverage for prescription eye drops to also provide coverage for early refills.
- What is the status of H820?
- Introduced as of April 16, 2025. Latest action: Re-ref Com On Appropriations (April 16, 2025).
- Who sponsored H820?
- Reeder, Timothy (R, 9), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H820?
- On the North Carolina Legislature website: https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/H820
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