Bill Summary

by Diaz (J)

Workers' Compensation: Prohibits employer or carrier from refusing to authorize physician to treat injured employee solely because physician is dispensing practitioner; provides for authorized physician to dispense & fill prescriptions; prohibits DFA, employer, or carrier from determining which pharmacy, pharmacist, or dispensing practitioner claimant must use; specifies amount of credit provider must give to carrier or self-insured employer for certain repackaged or relabeled prescriptions; prohibits physician or physician's assignee from holding an ownership interest in licensed pharmaceutical repackaging entity & from setting prices for repackaged pharmaceuticals. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

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