Relating to a prohibition against prior authorization for medication-assisted treatment under the Medicaid program

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedJanuary 28, 2019
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 5, 2019
3. ✕
   Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
4. Next: Passes the Senate
5. Next: House committee
6. Next: Passes the House
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill relates to medication-assisted treatment. The bill requires the department of human services (DHS) to adopt administrative rules to prohibit prior authorization for the provision of medication-assisted treatment under either Medicaid fee-for-service or managed care administration. The bill also requires DHS to include this prohibition in any contract entered into with a Medicaid managed care organization. Under the bill, “medication-assisted treatment” means the medically monitored use of certain substance use disorder medications in combination with other treatment services.

Full bill text¹

Senate subcommittee

Named February 5, 2019. It hasn’t reported yet.

• Sen. Thomas A. Greene R
• Sen. Mark Costello REmail
• Sen. Amanda Ragan D

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