An insurance policy issued by an insurer pursuant to this article for prescription topical eye medication may not deny coverage for the refilling of a prescription for topical eye medication when:
(1) The medication is to treat a chronic condition of the eye;
(2) The refill is requested by the insured prior to the last day of the prescribed dosage period and after at least 70% of the predicted days of use; and
(3) A person licensed under chapter thirty and authorized to prescribe topical eye medication indicates on the original prescription that refills are permitted and that the early refills requested by the insured do not exceed the total number of refills prescribed.
Structure West Virginia Code
Article 16. Group Accident and Sickness Insurance
§33-16-3. Required Policy Provisions
§33-16-3b. Home Health Care Coverage
§33-16-3bb. Coverage for Amino Acid-Based Formulas
§33-16-3cc. Substance Use Disorder
§33-16-3d. Medicare Supplement Insurance
§33-16-3dd. Prior Authorization
§33-16-3e. Policies to Cover Nursing Services
§33-16-3ee. Fairness in Cost-Sharing Calculation
§33-16-3ff. Mental Health Parity
§33-16-3g. Third Party Reimbursement for Mammography, Pap Smear or Human Papilloma Virus Testing
§33-16-3gg. Incorporation of the Health Benefit Plan Network Access and Adequacy Act
§33-16-3h. Third Party Reimbursement for Rehabilitation Services
§33-16-3hh. Incorporation of the Coverage for 12-Month Refill for Contraceptive Drugs
§33-16-3i. Coverage of Emergency Services
§33-16-3j. Hospital Benefits for Mothers and Newborns
§33-16-3k. Limitations on Preexisting Condition Exclusions for Health Benefit Plans
§33-16-3l. Renewability and Modification of Health Benefit Plans
§33-16-3m. Creditable Coverage
§33-16-3n. Eligibility for Enrollment
§33-16-3o. Third Party Reimbursement for Colorectal Cancer Examination and Laboratory Testing
§33-16-3p. Required Coverage for Reconstruction Surgery Following Mastectomies
§33-16-3q. Required Use of Mail-Order Pharmacy Prohibited
§33-16-3r. Coverage for Patient Cost of Clinical Trials
§33-16-3s. Third-Party Reimbursement for Kidney Disease Screening
§33-16-3t. Required Coverage for Dental Anesthesia Services
§33-16-3u. Special Enrollment Period Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
§33-16-3v. Required Coverage for Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorders
§33-16-3x. Deductibles, Copayments and Coinsurance for Anti-Cancer Medications
§33-16-3y. Eye Drop Prescription Refills
§33-16-3z. Deductibles, Copayments and Coinsurance for Abuse-Deterrent Opioid Analgesic Drugs
§33-16-3zz. Lyme Disease to Be Covered by All Health Insurance Policies
§33-16-5. Contingencies for Which Benefits or Reimbursement of Expenses Permitted
§33-16-6. Rider Changing Individual Policy to Group Policy Prohibited
§33-16-7. Hospital Indemnity Policies Not to Exclude Coverage for Confinement in Government Hospital
§33-16-8. Continuum of Care Services
§33-16-10. Policies Discriminating Among Health Care Providers
§33-16-12. Child Immunization Services Coverage
§33-16-13. Equal Treatment of State Agency
§33-16-14. Coordination of Benefits With Medicaid
§33-16-16. Insurance for Diabetics
§33-16-17. Commissioner to Propose Rules
§33-16-18. Assignment of Certain Benefits in Dental Care Insurance Coverage