House File 517 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  HEATON


    Passed House, Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to copayments for certain prescription drugs
  2    under the medical assistance program.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1193HH 83
  5 pf/nh/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  2005 Iowa Acts, chapter 167, section 42, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    SEC. 42.  COPAYMENTS FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS UNDER THE
  1  4 MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.  The department of human services
  1  5 shall require recipients of medical assistance to pay the
  1  6 following copayments on each prescription filled for a covered
  1  7 prescription drug, including each refill of such prescription,
  1  8 as follows:
  1  9    1.  No copayment for each covered preferred brand=name or
  1 10 generic prescription drug.
  1 11    2.  A copayment of $1 for each covered nonpreferred generic
  1 12 prescription drug.
  1 13    2.  A copayment of $1 for each covered preferred brand=
  1 14 name or generic prescription drug.
  1 15    3.  A copayment of $1 for each covered nonpreferred brand=
  1 16 name prescription drug for which the cost to the state is up
  1 17 to and including $25.
  1 18    4.  A copayment of $2 for each covered nonpreferred brand=
  1 19 name prescription drug for which the cost to the state is more
  1 20 than $25 and up to and including $50.
  1 21    5.  A copayment of $3 for each covered nonpreferred brand=
  1 22 name prescription drug for which the cost to the state is more
  1 23 than $50.
  1 24                           EXPLANATION
  1 25    This bill provides that there is no copayment for each
  1 26 prescription filled for a covered prescription drug, including
  1 27 each refill of such prescriptions, under the Medicaid program
  1 28 if the prescription drug is a covered preferred brand=name or
  1 29 generic prescription drug.
  1 30 LSB 1193HH 83
  1 31 pf/nh/14