SSB 1231

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedMarch 5, 2019
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   Done: SubcommitteeMarch 4, 2019
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   Done: Senate committeeMarch 11, 2019
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   Done: Passes the SenateApril 11, 201949–0
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   Skipped: House committeeSkipped
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   Done: Passes the HouseMarch 12, 2019
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   Done: To the GovernorApril 29, 2019
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   Done: Signed into lawMay 1, 2019

HF 623 became law → The same legislation passed as HF 623, so this version was set aside. Go to HF 623 What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill relates to prior authorization for medication-assisted treatment under both Medicaid fee-for-service and managed care. The bill requires that effective July 1, 2019, the department of human services shall require that a response to prior authorization for medication-assisted treatment shall be provided within hours of the submission of a request for prior authorization and that reimbursement shall be provided retroactively for up to hours from the time the prior authorization request was submitted or from the date the prescription was written for medication-assisted treatment, whichever is earlier.

Full bill text · What changed before it passed¹

Senate subcommittee

Named March 4, 2019. Meeting: Wednesday, March 6 · 11:30 AM · RM 315.

• Sen. Thomas A. Greene R
• Sen. Mariannette Miller-Meeks R
• Sen. Amanda Ragan D

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