Kentucky House Bill 538 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 23 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-02-24 - posting waived
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [MS Word]

Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to define "abuse-deterrent opioid analgesic drug product," and "cost sharing," and "opioid analgesic drug product" ; require an insurer or health benefit plan to provide coverage for abuse-deterrent opioid analgesic drug products as preferred drugs on its formulary or similar lists of coverage of prescriptions; prohibit exceeding the lowest cost-sharing level applied to prescription drugs in the same health benefit plan; prohibit disincentives for prescribers or dispenser for abuse-deterrent opioid analgesic drug products; provide that a person who has received or been denied an opioid analgesic drug product by an insurer shall not be first required to use a non-abuse deterrent opioid analgesic drug product before accessing an abuse-deterrent opioid analgesic drug product.

AN ACT relating to health insurance coverage of abuse-deterrent opioid analgesic drug products.

Rep. Jeff Greer [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-24	House	posting waived
2015-02-24	House	returned to Banking & Insurance (H)
2015-02-24	House	1st reading
2015-02-24	House	taken from Banking & Insurance (H)
2015-02-24	House	to Banking & Insurance (H)
2015-02-23	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/15RS/HB538.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/15RS/HB538/bill.doc