NRS 687B.795: Health carrier required to demonstrate capacity to adequately deliver family planning services provided by pharmacists or pharmacies; notice to covered persons; regulations.

1. A health carrier which offers or issues a network plan:

(a) Must demonstrate the capacity to adequately deliver family planning services provided by pharmacists or pharmacies to covered persons in accordance with the regulations adopted pursuant to subsection 2.

(b) Shall make available to each covered person in this State a notice that meets the requirements prescribed by the regulations adopted pursuant to subsection 2 of each pharmacist or pharmacy that has entered into a provider network contract with the carrier to provide family planning services to covered persons who participate in the relevant network plan.

2. The Commissioner shall adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this section, including, without limitation, regulations prescribing requirements for:

(a) A health carrier to demonstrate compliance with paragraph (a) of subsection 1. Those regulations must not allow a health carrier to demonstrate the capacity to adequately deliver family planning services to covered persons by demonstrating that the health carrier has entered into a network contract with one or more pharmacies for the sole purpose of dispensing prescription drugs to covered persons.

(b) The form and contents of the notice required by paragraph (b) of subsection 1.