Connecticut 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05634 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/22/2013

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5634
January Session, 2013  LCO No. 1804
Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Introduced by:
REP. ORANGE, 48th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5634 

January Session, 2013

LCO No. 1804

Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE 

Introduced by:

REP. ORANGE, 48th Dist.

AN ACT PROHIBITING STEP THERAPY FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to prohibit (1) insurance companies from requiring a prescription drug to be prescribed more than once for a specific insured before such insured's health care provider may prescribe a different prescription drug for such insured, and (2) anyone other than the insured's treating health care provider from assigning off-label prescription drug regimens for an insured.

Statement of Purpose: 

To prohibit (1) insurance companies from requiring a prescription drug to be prescribed more than once for a specific insured before such insured's health care provider may prescribe a different prescription drug for such insured, and (2) anyone other than the insured's treating health care provider from assigning off-label prescription drug regimens for an insured.