APPROVED CHAPTER
APRIL 22, 2024 177
BY GOVERNOR RESOLVES
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR
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S.P. 907 - L.D. 2114
Resolve, Directing the Superintendent of Insurance to Collect Data from
Health Insurers Related to Prescription Drug Coverage of Generic Drugs
and Biosimilars
Sec. 1. Superintendent of Insurance to collect data on prescription drug
coverage of generic drugs and biosimilars. Resolved: That the Superintendent of
Insurance shall request data from health insurance carriers that, at a minimum, provides
information related to each carrier's placement of generic drugs and biosimilars on the
carrier's prescription drug formulary, including whether a generic drug or biosimilar is
available on the carrier's formulary with a lower out-of-pocket cost to an enrollee than the
brand drug to which the generic drug or biosimilar is equivalent and whether the carrier
imposes any limitation on coverage of a generic drug or biosimilar or imposes a restriction
on a pharmacy that makes it more difficult for an enrollee to obtain coverage of or access
to a generic drug or biosimilar than the brand drug to which the generic drug or biosimilar
is equivalent. No later than February 15, 2025, the superintendent shall submit a report to
the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health coverage,
insurance and financial services matters that summarizes the data submitted by the carriers
as requested, together with any findings or recommendations of the superintendent. The
joint standing committee may report out a bill to the 132nd Legislature in 2025 based on
the report.
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