General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5640
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 1984
Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Introduced by:
REP. ALTOBELLO, 82nd Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 5640
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 1984
Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Introduced by:
REP. ALTOBELLO, 82nd Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF STEP THERAPY FOR AND OFF-LABEL PRESCRIBING OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS BY INSURANCE COMPANIES.
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.