Bill Summary

SB 264 Step-therapy Protocols (2025 Session)
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Sponsors
by Harrell
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Summary
Step-therapy Protocols; Defining the term “serious mental illness”; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to approve drug products for Medicaid recipients for the treatment of serious mental illness without step-therapy prior authorization under certain circumstances; directing the agency to include rate impacts resulting from the act in certain rates that become effective on a specified date, etc. Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon this act becoming a law, this act shall take effect October 1, 2025
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committees of reference
   S Health Policy
» S Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
   S Fiscal Policy
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Actions
01/15/25
SENATE
Filed
01/29/25
SENATE
Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
02/10/25
SENATE
On Committee agenda - Health Policy, 02/18/25, 1:45 pm, 412 K
02/18/25
SENATE
Favorable by Health Policy; 9 Yeas, 0 Nays
02/19/25
SENATE
Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
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bill text & filed amendments
0264
Filed on 01/15/25
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No amendments to this bill text filed.
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Statute Citations
409.901
409.91
409.912
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