An Act to help patients and reduce health care costs by ensuring patient adherence to medications

H 4496 requires health insurance plans covering prescriptions to allow partial medication fills at a pro-rated daily cost when a doctor or pharmacist determines it benefits the patient and the patient agrees. It prohibits insurers from denying coverage for partial fills used to synchronize multiple prescriptions (e.g., aligning refill dates for several medications). The bill also mandates full payment for dispensing fees on partial fills and blocks insurers from using pro-rated dispensing fees. This directly affects patients needing medication synchronization, pharmacists, prescribers, and health insurance plans in Massachusetts.