Louisiana § RS 22:1011 - Employer-provided health plan; limitation to specific pharmacies prohibited; penalty
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 22:1011 — Employer-provided health plan; limitation to specific pharmacies prohibited; penalty, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 22:1011. Employer-provided health plan; limitation to specific pharmacies prohibited; penalty
A. No employer who provides pharmacy services including prescription drugs to any employee or retiree of such employer, as part of any health insurance or health maintenance program, shall knowingly:
(1) Require the employee or retiree to obtain prescription drugs from a mail order pharmacy as a condition of obtaining payment for such drugs; or
(2) Impose upon an employee or retiree who does not utilize a designated mail order pharmacy a copayment fee or other condition not imposed upon employees or retirees who utilize the designated mail order pharmacy.
B. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any policies, contracts, programs, or plans which are provided by an employer to its employees pursuant to any agreement, whether or not in the form of a binding collective bargaining agreement.
C. Any person violating the provisions of this Section, upon conviction shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars.
Acts 1988, No. 481, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 22:226 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
NOTE: Former R.S. 22:1011 redesignated as R.S. 22:709 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 22:1011 ("Employer-provided health plan; limitation to specific pharmacies prohibited; penalty") is part of the Louisiana Civil Code, the codified statutory law of Louisiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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