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2007 Session

Budget Amendments - SB750 (Committee Approved)

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Medicare Part D Coverage (language only)

Item 78 #1s

Item 78 #1s

Administration
Administration of Health Insurance

Language
Page 79, following line 38, insert:
" The Department of Human Resource Management shall add to the drug formulary of the Medicare Enhanced Part D Prescription Drug Benefit for the Commonwealth of Virginia Retiree Health Benefits Program those therapeutic agents used in the treatment of erectile dysfunction.  This includes sildenafil citrate (Viagra), vadenafil HCL (Levitra), and tadalafil (Cialis)."


Explanation
(This amendment requires that the Medicare Part D prescription drug program for retired state employees provide coverage for agents used in the treatment of erectile dysfunction.)