MD SB990 | 2024 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 2 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-06 - Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Prohibiting the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and certain insurers, nonprofit health service plans, health maintenance organizations, and managed care organizations from applying a prior authorization requirement, step therapy protocol, or fail-first protocol for drugs to treat certain mental illnesses or a medication-induced movement disorder associated with the treatment of a serious mental illness.

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Title

Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Step Therapy, Fail-First Protocols, and Prior Authorization - Prescription Drugs to Treat Serious Mental Illness

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2024-02-06SenateHearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.
2024-02-02SenateFirst Reading Finance

Same As/Similar To

HB1423 (Crossfiled) 2024-03-04 - Withdrawn by Sponsor

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
Health - General15102.3(n/a)See Bill Text
Health - General15155(n/a)See Bill Text
Insurance15142(n/a)See Bill Text
Insurance15851.1(n/a)See Bill Text

Maryland State Sources


Bill Comments

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