Relating to a uniform prior authorization process under the Medicaid program

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedJanuary 30, 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 requires the department of human services to adopt administrative rules to require, and to contractually require, that both managed care and fee-for-service payment and delivery systems utilize a uniform process, including but not limited to uniform forms, information requirements, and time frames, to request prior authorization under the Medicaid program.

Full bill text¹

Senate subcommittee

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

• Sen. Julian B. Garrett R
• Sen. Liz Mathis D
• Sen. Mark Segebart R

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