Bill Text: VA HB1046 | 2022 | 1st Special Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Over-the-counter medications, etc.; DMAS to study plan for a process to allow direct purchase.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2022-08-04 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0012) [HB1046 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2022-HB1046-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 1046 Offered January 12, 2022 Prefiled January 12, 2022 A BILL to direct the Department of Medical Assistance Services to study options for and develop a plan to implement a process to allow direct purchase of over-the-counter medications and medical supplies; report. ---------- Patron-- Scott, P.A. ---------- Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. §1. That the Department of Medical Assistance Services (the Department) shall study options for and develop a plan to implement a process by which recipients of medical assistance services shall receive payments, in the form of a voucher or electronic benefit transfer card, that may be used to purchase over-the-counter medications and medical supplies prescribed by an authorized prescriber directly in a retail setting. Such plan shall include identification of any statutory, regulatory, budgetary, or policy changes and any federal approvals necessary to implement such plan, as well as an estimate of the fiscal impact of implementation of the plan. The Department shall report its findings and plan to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committees on Appropriations and Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and Education and Health by October 1, 2022.