A-29.01 - Act respecting prescription drug insurance

Section 11 Disposition versions

2015-06-20

11. A person may be required to make a contribution towards the payment of the cost of the pharmaceutical services and medications provided up to a maximum contribution for each reference period. The contribution may consist in a deductible amount or a coinsurance payment. However, no contribution is payable for the pharmaceutical services determined by government regulation under subparagraph 1.4 of the first paragraph of section 78.

The deductible amount is the portion of the cost of pharmaceutical services and medications borne entirely by the person covered by the plan during the reference period.

The coinsurance payment is the portion of the cost of pharmaceutical services and medications borne by the person covered by the plan until the maximum contribution is reached.

The maximum contribution is the total amount borne by the person covered beyond which the cost of pharmaceutical services and medications is borne entirely by the Board or by an insurer or employee benefit plan, as the case may be.

1996, c. 32, s. 11; 2015, c. 8, s. 185.

1999-04-01

11. A person may be required to make a contribution towards the payment of the cost of the pharmaceutical services and medications provided each time a prescription is filled or renewed, until the maximum contribution for the reference period is reached. The contribution may consist of a deductible amount and a coinsurance payment.

The deductible amount is the portion of the cost of pharmaceutical services and medications borne entirely by the person covered by the plan during the reference period.

The coinsurance payment is the portion of the cost of pharmaceutical services and medications borne by the person covered by the plan until the maximum contribution is reached.

The maximum contribution is the total amount borne by the person covered beyond which the cost of pharmaceutical services and medications is borne entirely by the Board or by an insurer or employee benefit plan, as the case may be.

1996, c. 32, s. 11.

1996-08-01

11. A person may be required to make a contribution towards the payment of the cost of the pharmaceutical services and medications provided each time a prescription is filled or renewed, until the maximum contribution for the reference period is reached. The contribution may consist of a deductible amount and a coinsurance payment.

In force: 1997-01-01

The deductible amount is the portion of the cost of pharmaceutical services and medications borne entirely by the person covered by the plan during the reference period.

The coinsurance payment is the portion of the cost of pharmaceutical services and medications borne by the person covered by the plan until the maximum contribution is reached.

The maximum contribution is the total amount borne by the person covered beyond which the cost of pharmaceutical services and medications is borne entirely by the Board or by an insurer or employee benefit plan, as the case may be.

1996, c. 32, s. 11.

In the fourth paragraph, the following words are not in force: “or by an insurer or employee benefit plan, as the case may be”. (1996, c. 32, s. 119; Order in Council 845-96 dated 3 July 1996, (1996) 128 G.O. 2, 3139).