Bill Text: NH SB147 | 2013 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relative to prescription drugs in workers' compensation cases.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-27 - Signed by the Governor on 06/25/2013; Chapter 0131; Effective 01/01/2014 [SB147 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2013-SB147-Amended.html
SB 147-FN – AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
03/14/13 0758s
2013 SESSION
01/05
SENATE BILL 147-FN
AN ACT relative to prescription drugs in workers’ compensation cases.
SPONSORS: Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20
This bill requires pharmacies to substitute generic drugs unless the prescribing physician indicates that the brand name drug is medically necessary, provided that in cases where the legend drug is less expensive, the legend drug shall be used.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/14/13 0758s
13-0961
01/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen
AN ACT relative to prescription drugs in workers’ compensation cases.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Workers’ Compensation; Medical, Hospital, and Remedial Care. Amend RSA�281-A:23 by inserting after paragraph VI the following new paragraph:
VII. Pharmacies, including mail-order pharmacies, shall substitute generically equivalent drug products for all legend and non-legend prescriptions unless the prescribing practitioner handwrites “medically necessary” on each paper prescription, uses electronic indications when transmitted electronically, or gives instructions when transmitted orally that the brand name drug product is medically necessary; provided that in cases where the legend drug is less expensive, the legend drug shall be used. Prescription refills shall not require the reissuance of the “medically necessary” indication.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2014.
LBAO
13-0961
Revised 03/20/13
Amended 03/18/13
SB 147 FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to prescription drugs in workers’ compensation cases.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Labor states this bill, as amended by the Senate (Amendment 2013-0758s), may decrease state, county, and local expenditures by an indeterminable amount in FY 2014 and each fiscal year thereafter. There will be no fiscal impact on state, county, and local revenues.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department of Labor states this bill will require pharmacies to substitute generically equivalent drugs for all legend and non-legend prescriptions, issued to treat injuries covered under worker’s compensation claims, unless specified as medically necessary by the prescribing physician. The Department states to the extent the proposed legislation reduces the costs of worker’s compensation payouts for medical benefits, self-insured entities including the state as well as some counties and cities would benefit. The Department is unable to estimate to what extent state, county, and local expenditures will decrease in FY 2014 and each fiscal year thereafter as a result of the proposed legislation.
