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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6691
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 3066
Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Introduced by:
REP. COOK, 65th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING MEDICAID, MEDICARE AND HEALTH
INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to provide that Medicaid, 1
Medicare and no insurer, health care center, hospital service 2
corporation, medical service corporation, fraternal benefit society or 3
other entity that delivers, issues for delivery, renews, amends or 4
continues a health insurance policy in this state that includes 5
prescription drug coverage shall require that a health care provider 6
prescribe a specific quantity of a psychotropic medication if such 7
quantity exceeds the quantity that the provider deems appropriate. 8
Statement of Purpose:
To provide that Medicaid, Medicare and no insurer, health care center,
hospital service corporation, medical service corporation, fraternal
benefit society or other entity that delivers, issues for delivery, renews,
amends or continues a health insurance policy in this state that
includes prescription drug coverage shall require that a health care
provider prescribe a specific quantity of a psychotropic medication if
such quantity exceeds the quantity that the provider deems
appropriate.