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An Act Regarding Mail Order Delivery of Prescription Drugs

An Act Regarding Mail Order Delivery of Prescription Drugs

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Senator Donna Bailey
Last action
2026-04-13
Official status
Signed by the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act Regarding Mail Order Delivery of Prescription Drugs

An Act Regarding Mail Order Delivery of Prescription Drugs Sponsor: Senator Donna Bailey Reference committee: Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services Governor action: Signed by the Governor

What This Bill Does

  • An Act Regarding Mail Order Delivery of Prescription Drugs Sponsor: Senator Donna Bailey Reference committee: Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services Governor action: Signed by the Governor

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR2906(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR2906(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 2005 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • S- ) 3HEALTH COVERAGE, INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate.
  • 5STATE OF MAINE 6SENATE 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8SECOND REGULAR SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to S.P.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-13 Governor

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2026-04-06 Senate

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED , in concurrence.

  3. 2026-04-02 House

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  4. 2026-03-27 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM

  5. 2026-02-04 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2026-02-04 Committee

    Voted; OTP-AM

  7. 2025-12-03 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services.

Official Summary Text

An Act Regarding Mail Order Delivery of Prescription Drugs
Sponsor:
Senator Donna Bailey
Reference committee:
Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor

Current Bill Text

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Page 1 - 132LR2906(03)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX
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S.P. 821 - L.D. 2005
An Act Regarding Mail Order Delivery of Prescription Drugs
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 24-A MRSA §4349, sub-§7 is enacted to read:
7. Covered persons using mail order pharmacy; access to prescription drugs. If
a covered person is using a mail order pharmacy, the pharmacy benefits manager shall
allow for the dispensing of the covered person's prescription drug at a network pharmacy
under the following circumstances to ensure that the covered person has access to
prescription drugs.
A. If the prescription is delayed by more than one day after the expected delivery date
provided by the mail order pharmacy, the network pharmacy shall provide the covered
person up to a 7-day supply or the smallest prepackaged unit supply of the prescription
drug.
B. If the prescription drug arrives in an unusable condition, the network pharmacy
shall provide the prescription drug in accordance with the covered person’s
prescription.
A covered person that receives a prescription drug pursuant to paragraph A or B may not
be subject to any payment that exceeds the total of one copayment, coinsurance payment
or other out-of-pocket payment for the dispensing of that prescription drug.
APPROVED
APRIL 13, 2026
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
674
PUBLIC LAW