This bill clarifies, with respect to insurance coverage for HIV prevention medication, that each long-acting injectable drug with a different duration constitutes a separate method of administration. The bill clarifies that pharmacists are allowed to dispense HIV preventive oral medication under current law, allows pharmacists to dispense injectable medication of any duration in certain circumstances and requires insurance carriers to treat pharmacists dispensing HIV drugs in a manner equivalent to how the insurance carriers treat physicians and allow pharmacists to bill the carriers and receive payment directly. The bill also provides reimbursement under the MaineCare program to pharmacists for prescribing, dispensing and administering HIV prevention drugs.

Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 1687, HP 1122: 24-A.4317, 32.13786