S-3207

   Amend House File 632, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the House, as follows:
   1.  Page 5, line 1, by striking <subsections 2 and 3, Code 2015, are> and inserting <subsection 2, Code 2015, is>
   2.  Page 5, by striking lines 16 through 27.
   3.  Page 6, by striking lines 3 through 24 and inserting: 
   <NEW SUBSECTION.  7.  The commissioner shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A that provide requirements, including minimum time periods as the commissioner determines are appropriate under the circumstances, for a health carrier or pharmacy benefits manager to respond to a health care provider’s request for prior authorization of prescription drug benefits or to request additional information from a health care provider concerning such a request.>
   4.  Page 25, after line 25 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT.  Unless otherwise provided, this Act, if approved by the governor on or after July 1, 2015, takes effect upon enactment.
   Sec. ___.  RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY.  Unless otherwise provided, this Act, with the exception of the section of this Act adding section 502.202, subsection 24, if approved by the governor on or after July 1, 2015, applies retroactively to July 1, 2015.>
   5.  Title page, line 3, after <date> by inserting <and retroactive applicability>
   6.  By renumbering as necessary.

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MATT McCOY