Georgia § 34-9-124 - 2. Restrictions on requirements requiring recipients of benefits to utilize out-of-state mail order pharmacy services.
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§ 34-9-124. 2. Restrictions on requirements requiring recipients of benefits to utilize out-of-state mail order pharmacy services.
A policy, plan, or contract of workers' compensation insurance issued under this chapter may not be issued, delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed on or after July 1, 1990, and a certificate of authority for a group self-insurance fund under Article 5 of this chapter may not be issued or renewed on or after July 1, 1990, if such policy, plan, contract, or fund requires that recipients of benefits thereunder obtain pharmacy services, including but not limited to prescription drugs, from an out-of-state mail order pharmacy or which requires that such recipients who do not utilize an out-of-state mail order pharmacy must pay a copayment fee or have imposed any other condition for the receipt of pharmacy services when that payment or condition is not imposed upon those recipients who utilize an out-of-state mail order pharmacy for those services. An employer who provides workers' compensation benefits as a self-insurer under this chapter may not require that any recipient of benefits under that self-insurance plan who becomes an employee of that employer on or after July 1, 1990, and who obtains pharmacy services under that plan, including but not limited to prescription drugs, must obtain those services from an out-of-state mail order pharmacy or must pay a copayment fee or have imposed any other condition for the receipt of pharmacy services when that payment or condition is not imposed upon those recipients who utilize an out-of-state mail order pharmacy for those services. (Code 1981, § 34-9-124.2 , enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1087, § 1.) Code Commission notes. - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1990, this Code section, which was enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1087, § 1, as Code Section 34-9-124.1 was renumbered as Code Section 34-9-124.2, since Ga. L. 1990, p. 392, § 1, also enacted a Code Section 34-9-124.1.
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