17B:30-38 - Provision of new pharmacy identification card - New Jersey Statutes

17B:30-38.  Provision of new pharmacy identification card
4.A carrier, multiple employer welfare arrangement or other health benefits plan provider shall provide each primary insured with a new pharmacy identification card within a reasonable time, not to exceed 180 days, after a change in the insured's coverage that changes the information required to be on the card pursuant to section 2 of this act, if the issuance of a new card is required for proper claims adjudication.  The carrier, multiple employer welfare arrangement or other health benefits plan provider shall not, however, be required to issue a new card more than once in a calendar year.  Except as required by this section, a carrier, multiple employer welfare arrangement or other health benefits plan provider shall not be required to reissue a pharmacy identification card with any particular frequency.

L.2001,c.200,s.4.