House File 2262 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  HEATON


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to limitations in restricting of access to
  2    certain drugs under the purview of the medical assistance drug
  3    utilization review commission.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 6235YH 81
  6 pf/je/5

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 249A.24, subsection 2, paragraph j,
  1  2 Code Supplement 2005, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    j.  Expansion of prior authorization for prescription drugs
  1  4 and pharmaceutical case management under the medical
  1  5 assistance program.  However, drugs prescribed for mental
  1  6 illness, with the exception of drugs and drug compounds that
  1  7 do not have a significant variation in a therapeutic profile
  1  8 or side effect profile within a therapeutic class, shall not
  1  9 be subject to prior authorization.
  1 10                           EXPLANATION
  1 11    This bill excludes from application of prior authorization
  1 12 under the medical assistance program by the medical assistance
  1 13 drug utilization review commission, drugs prescribed for
  1 14 mental illness, with the exception of drugs and drug compounds
  1 15 that do not have a significant variation in a therapeutic
  1 16 profile or side effect profile within a therapeutic class.
  1 17 LSB 6235YH 81
  1 18 pf:nh/je/5