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| 5 | 4 | | HOUSE BILL 858 |
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| 6 | 5 | | By Alexander |
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| 9 | 8 | | HB0858 |
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| 10 | 9 | | 002897 |
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| 11 | 10 | | - 1 - |
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| 13 | 12 | | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; |
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| 14 | 13 | | Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to |
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| 15 | 14 | | step therapy. |
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| 17 | 16 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: |
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| 18 | 17 | | SECTION 1. The commissioner of commerce and insurance shall use existing |
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| 19 | 18 | | departmental resources to conduct a study on the ease of access for patients and prescribing |
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| 20 | 19 | | practitioners to insurers' online processes to request step therapy exceptions pursuant to § 56- |
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| 21 | 20 | | 7-3502(a). The purpose of the study is to determine whether insurers in this state are |
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| 22 | 21 | | complying with the requirement of § 56-7-3502(a) in a manner that is easily accessible by the |
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| 23 | 22 | | average patient or prescribing practitioner and does not impose any unnecessary barriers to |
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| 24 | 23 | | making an exception request. The commissioner shall deliver the commissioner's findings from |
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| 25 | 24 | | the study and any legislative recommendations to the chief clerk of the senate, the chief clerk of |
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| 26 | 25 | | the house of representatives, and the legislative librarian no later than December 15, 2025. The |
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| 27 | 26 | | commissioner may deliver such findings and recommendations by electronic means. |
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| 28 | 27 | | SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. |
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