HF 623 (LSB 2547HV (6) 88)

RELATING TO PRIOR AUTHORIZATION FOR MEDICATION-ASSISTED  TREATMENT UNDER THE MEDICAID PROGRAM. 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT —— MEDICAID —— PRIOR AUTHORIZATION.
   1.  The department of human services shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to require that under both Medicaid fee-for-service and managed care administration, at least one form of medication-assisted treatment approved by the United States food and drug administration for treatment of substance use disorder, in each of the following categories, is available to Medicaid members without prior authorization:
   a.  Methadone.
   b.  Buprenorphine.
   c.  Naloxone.
   d.  Buprenorphine and naloxone combination.
   e.  Naltrexone.

   2.  For the purpose of this section, “medication-assisted treatment” means the medically monitored use of certain substance use disorder medications in combination with treatment services.

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LINDA UPMEYER
Speaker of the House

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CHARLES SCHNEIDER
President of the Senate

   I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 623, Eighty-eighth General Assembly.

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CARMINE BOAL
Chief Clerk of the House

Approved _______________, 2019

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KIM REYNOLDS
Governor