33-38-108. Pharmacy discount card supplier requirements. - Montana Statutes

     33-38-108. Pharmacy discount card supplier requirements. (1) A pharmacy discount card supplier that sells, markets, promotes, or distributes, for a consideration, a pharmacy discount card in Montana:
     (a) shall clearly and conspicuously disclose on all advertising, marketing materials, and enrollment materials that discounts offered through the use of a pharmacy discount card are not insurance and are not intended as a substitute for insurance;
     (b) shall clearly and conspicuously disclose on all pharmacy discount cards that discounts offered through the use of the pharmacy discount card are not insurance;
     (c) shall disclose, when a pharmacy discount card is sold in combination with a group limited supplemental insurance policy, that discounts offered through the use of the pharmacy discount card are not insurance;
     (d) may not, in the advertising or offering of the pharmacy discount card, use terms or phrases commonly associated only with insurance products that could lead a prospective purchaser or user of the card to believe that the pharmacy discount card is composed of insurance products or is a substitute for insurance, despite disclaimers to the contrary by the pharmacy discount card supplier;
     (e) shall ensure that each prescription drug provider claimed by the pharmacy discount card supplier to offer a discount in conjunction with the pharmacy discount card is contractually bound to provide that discount to the purchaser or user;
     (f) may not make misleading, deceptive, or fraudulent representations regarding a discount or range of discounts available through the use of a pharmacy discount card;
     (g) shall provide to each prospective purchaser or user prior to purchase reasonable access to a list of the benefits and services provided through the use of a pharmacy discount card;
     (h) shall provide a prospective purchaser or user prior to purchase access to a list of any prescription drug providers in the prospective purchaser's or user's service area;
     (i) shall disclose in all enrollment materials that a pharmacy discount card purchaser or user has 30 days to cancel a pharmacy discount card as provided in 33-38-104;
     (j) shall make available to each pharmacy discount card user continuously after purchase of a pharmacy discount card, through a toll-free telephone number, the internet, and in writing upon request, the name, address, and telephone number of each prescription drug provider in the user's service area, including mail order prescription drug providers, that are bound by contract to offer prescription drugs in accordance with the terms and conditions of the pharmacy discount card; and
     (k) shall designate and provide the commissioner with the name, address, and telephone number of a pharmacy discount card compliance officer responsible for ensuring compliance with the provisions of this part applicable to pharmacy discount cards and pharmacy discount card suppliers.
     (2) A person violating the provisions of subsection (1) is subject to the fine provided for in 33-1-317.

     History: En. Sec. 11, Ch. 456, L. 2005.