{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-insurance-15-1636","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Insurance § 15–1636","heading":"","body":"(a) A pharmacy benefits manager or its agent shall cancel and reverse a therapeutic interchange on written or verbal instructions from a prescriber, the beneficiary, or the beneficiary’s representative.\n(b) If a therapeutic interchange is reversed, the pharmacy benefits manager or its agent shall:\n(1) obtain a prescription for and dispense the originally prescribed prescription drug; and\n(2) charge the beneficiary no more than one copayment.\n(c) If the therapeutic interchange occurred through a mail order pharmacy and a beneficiary will exhaust an existing supply of the originally prescribed prescription drug before a replacement shipment will arrive to the beneficiary, the pharmacy benefits manager or its agent shall arrange for dispensing of an appropriate quantity of replacement prescription drugs at a local community pharmacy at no additional cost to the beneficiary.\n(d) A pharmacy benefits manager or its agent may not be required to cancel and reverse a therapeutic interchange if a beneficiary is unwilling to pay a higher copayment or coinsurance associated with the originally prescribed prescription drug.","path":["Article - Insurance"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gin\u0026section=15-1636","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:59:28Z","sha256":"4881b369b314d879e66a7e586c006fdc16b78da3243f76c8af1f70329105e397","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-insurance-15-1635","next":"us-md/md.-code-insurance-15-1637"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}