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2005 Session

Budget Amendments - SB700 (Conference Report)

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Exempt Certain Drugs from Medicaid PDL (language only)

Item 326 #4c

Item 326 #4c

Health And Human Resources
Medical Assistance Services, Department of

Language
Page 311, strike lines 22 through 38 and insert:
"7.  The Department of Medical Assistance Services shall exempt  antidepressant and antianxiety medications used for the treatment of mental illness from the Medicaid Preferred Drug List program."


Explanation
(This amendment exempts antidepressant and antianxiety medications used for the treatment of mental illness from the Medicaid Preferred Drug List (PDL) program. Exempting these drugs from the PDL allows them to be dispensed without being subject to the PDL program's prior authorization requirements.)