REFERENCE TITLE: AHCCCS; nonopioid drugs; formulary State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025 HB 2823 Introduced by Representative Biasiucci AN ACT Amending title 36, chapter 29, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 36-2930.07; relating to the ARizona health care cost containment system. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
REFERENCE TITLE: AHCCCS; nonopioid drugs; formulary
State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025
HB 2823
Introduced by Representative Biasiucci
REFERENCE TITLE: AHCCCS; nonopioid drugs; formulary
State of Arizona
House of Representatives
Fifty-seventh Legislature
First Regular Session
2025
HB 2823
Introduced by
Representative Biasiucci
AN ACT
Amending title 36, chapter 29, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 36-2930.07; relating to the ARizona health care cost containment system.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Title 36, chapter 29, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 36-2930.07, to read: START_STATUTE36-2930.07. AHCCCS; nonopioid drugs; formulary; definition A. The administration shall ensure that a nonopioid drug that is approved by the united States food and drug administration to treat or manage pain is not treated less favorably on the system's drug formulary with respect to coverage relative to any opioid or narcotic drug to treat or manage pain. B. For the purposes of this section, "treated less favorably" includes: 1. Designating a nonopioid drug as a nonpreferred drug if an opioid or narcotic drug is designated as a preferred drug. 2. Establishing more restrictive or more extensive utilization controls for the use of a nonopioid drug than the utilization controls required for the use of an opioid or narcotic drug, including prior authorization requirements and step therapy. END_STATUTE
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 36, chapter 29, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 36-2930.07, to read:
START_STATUTE36-2930.07. AHCCCS; nonopioid drugs; formulary; definition
A. The administration shall ensure that a nonopioid drug that is approved by the united States food and drug administration to treat or manage pain is not treated less favorably on the system's drug formulary with respect to coverage relative to any opioid or narcotic drug to treat or manage pain.
B. For the purposes of this section, "treated less favorably" includes:
1. Designating a nonopioid drug as a nonpreferred drug if an opioid or narcotic drug is designated as a preferred drug.
2. Establishing more restrictive or more extensive utilization controls for the use of a nonopioid drug than the utilization controls required for the use of an opioid or narcotic drug, including prior authorization requirements and step therapy. END_STATUTE