House
File
653
H-1406
Amend
the
amendment,
H-1399,
to
House
File
653
as
follows:
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1,
after
line
26
by
inserting:
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Page
35,
after
line
10
by
inserting:
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The
department
of
human
services
shall
review
the
use
4
of
step
therapy
protocols
and
the
application
of
step
therapy
5
override
exceptions
under
the
Medicaid
program.
In
the
review,
6
the
department
may
consider
the
use
of
step
therapy
protocols
7
and
the
application
of
step
therapy
override
exceptions
as
8
provided
in
chapter
514F.7,
if
enacted
by
2017
Iowa
Acts,
House
9
File
233,
and
the
potential
for
improving
the
quality
of
life
10
of
Medicaid
members
and
increasing
efficiencies
in
the
Medicaid
11
program.
The
department
shall
report
findings
of
the
review
12
and
recommendations
to
the
individuals
designated
in
this
Act
13
for
submission
of
reports
by
November
15,
2017.
>>
14
2.
By
renumbering
as
necessary.
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of
Henry
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