Connecticut 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05640 Compare Versions

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11 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5640
22 January Session, 2013 LCO No. 1984
33 Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
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55 REP. ALTOBELLO, 82nd Dist.
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1919 REP. ALTOBELLO, 82nd Dist.
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2121 AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF STEP THERAPY FOR AND OFF-LABEL PRESCRIBING OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS BY INSURANCE COMPANIES.
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2323 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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2525 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.
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2727 Statement of Purpose:
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2929 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.