# Ind. Code § 12-15-5-8: Maintenance drugs; prescriptions; Internet based pharmacies

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## Section

- **Citation:** Ind. Code § 12-15-5-8
- **Heading:** Maintenance drugs; prescriptions; Internet based pharmacies
- **Jurisdiction:** Indiana
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Indiana Code / Title 12 / Article 15 / Chapter 5 / Section 12-15-5-8

## Text

Sec. 8. (a) As used in this section, "maintenance drug" means a medication that is dispensed under a single prescription for a period of not less than one hundred eighty (180) days, excluding authorized refills, for the ongoing treatment of a chronic medical condition or disease or congenital condition or disorder.

(b) The office may designate:

(1) a mail order pharmacy;

(2) an Internet based pharmacy (as defined in IC 25-26-18-1);

(3) a pharmacy that agrees to sell a maintenance drug at the same price as a mail order or an Internet based pharmacy; or

(4) all the pharmacies listed in subdivisions (1) through (3);

through which a recipient may obtain a maintenance drug.

(c) If the office makes a designation under subsection (b), a managed care organization that has a contract with the office under IC 12-15-12 is not required to use a pharmacy that is designated under subsection (b).

(d) If a Medicaid recipient's physician prescribes a maintenance prescription drug, the Medicaid recipient may purchase the maintenance prescription drug from a pharmacy that is designated under subsection (b).

(e) The office shall apply to amend the state Medicaid plan if the office determines that an amendment is necessary to carry out this section.

(f) The office may require a recipient to pay the maximum copayment allowable under federal law if the recipient obtains a maintenance drug from a pharmacy other than a pharmacy described in subsection (b).

As added by P.L.246-2005, SEC.105.

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