Bill Text: CT SB00341 | 2013 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Step Therapy And Off-label Prescribing Of Prescription Drugs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-23 - Referred to Joint Committee on Insurance and Real Estate [SB00341 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-SB00341-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 341
January Session, 2013		LCO No. 2290
Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Introduced by:
SEN. MAYNARD, 18th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING STEP THERAPY AND OFF-LABEL PRESCRIBING OF 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.