Bill Text: CT HB05634 | 2013 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 5634 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Prohibiting Step Therapy For Prescription Drugs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-23 - Referred to Joint Committee on Insurance and Real Estate [HB05634 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-HB05634-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 5634*
*January Session, 2013*		LCO No. 1804

Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Introduced by:
REP. ORANGE, 48^th Dist.

AN ACT PROHIBITING STEP THERAPY FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to prohibit (1) insurance companies from requiring a prescription drug to be prescribed more than once for a specific insured before such insured's health care provider may prescribe a different prescription drug for such insured, and (2) anyone other than the insured's treating health care provider from assigning off-label prescription drug regimens for an insured.

Statement of Purpose:

To prohibit (1) insurance companies from requiring a prescription drug to be prescribed more than once for a specific insured before such insured's health care provider may prescribe a different prescription drug for such insured, and (2) anyone other than the insured's treating health care provider from assigning off-label prescription drug regimens for an insured.