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HB 491: Access to Appropriate Medications for Serious Mental Illness

GENERAL BILL by Gonzalez Pittman

Access to Appropriate Medications for Serious Mental Illness; Requires AHCA to approve drug products for Medicaid recipients for treatment of serious mental illness without step-therapy prior authorization; directs agency to include rate impact of this act in certain program rates that become effective on specified date.

Effective Date: 10/1/2024
Last Action: 3/8/2024 House - Died in Select Committee on Health Innovation
Bill Text: PDF

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    11/16/2023 House • Filed
    11/30/2023 House • Referred to Select Committee on Health Innovation
    • Referred to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
    • Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
    • Now in Select Committee on Health Innovation
    1/9/2024 House • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
    3/8/2024 House • Died in Select Committee on Health Innovation

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  • HB 491, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 11/16/2023 at 9:15 AM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 268 Step-therapy Protocols Harrell Identical Last Action: 3/8/2024 S Died in Health Policy

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    409.901 Definitions; ss. 409.901-409.920. Page 1 (pdf)
    409.910 Responsibility for payments on behalf of Medicaid-eligible persons when other parties are liable. Page 16 (pdf)
    409.912 Cost-effective purchasing of health care. Page 2 (pdf)

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