Bill Text: HI SB2269 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating To Prescription Medication.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-23 - The committee on CPH deferred the measure. [SB2269 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2018-SB2269-Introduced.html

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THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2269
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to prescription medication.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 

     SECTION 1.  Chapter 346, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

     "§346-    Opioid dependency; treatment; buprenorphine; coverage.  (a)  Prescription drug coverage provided under the State's medicaid managed care and fee-for-service programs shall include prescription drug coverage for buprenorphine, when used in the treatment of opioid dependency.

     (b)  Buprenorphine prescriptions under this section shall be exempt from any copayment requirements and any prior authorization requirements.

     (c)  For the purposes of this section, "buprenorphine" means a schedule III drug included in section 329-18, which is used in the treatment of opioid dependency."

     SECTION 2.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval; provided that section 1 shall take effect upon approval of the Hawaii medicaid state plan by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

 

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

 

 

Report Title:

Prescription Medication; Med-QUEST; Medicaid; Buprenorphine; Opioid Dependency; Treatment; Coverage

 

Description:

Requires prescription drug coverage provided under the State's medicaid managed care and fee-for-service programs to include prescription drug coverage for buprenorphine, when used in the treatment of opioid dependency.  Requires prescriptions for buprenorphine to be offered without copayments and without the need for prior authorization.

 

 

 

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