KRS 18A.2259: Mail-order drug option for maintenance drugs.

Any self-insured plan offered by the Personnel Cabinet shall include a mail -order drug

option for maintenance drugs for public employees, and maintenance drugs may be

dispensed by mail in accordance with Kentucky law. The mail-order drug option shall not

permit the dispensing of a controlled substance classified in Schedule II. The self -insured

plan shall not discriminate against any retail pharmacy located within the geographic

coverage area of the plan that meets the terms and conditions for participation established

by the plan, including price, dispensing fee, and copay requirements of a mail -order drug

option. The retail pharmacy shall not be required to dispense by mail. The net cost to the

plan for a quantity of maintenance drugs dispensed by mail ord er shall not exceed the net

cost to the plan for the same quantity of the same drug dispensed by a retail pharmacy

under the terms and conditions established for dispensing and reimbursement at retail.