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| 1 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | HOUSE BILL 858 | |
| 3 | 3 | By Alexander | |
| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | SENATE BILL 1382 | |
| 6 | 6 | By Watson | |
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| 8 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 9 | SB1382 | |
| 10 | 10 | 002897 | |
| 11 | 11 | - 1 - | |
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| 13 | 13 | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; | |
| 14 | 14 | Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to | |
| 15 | 15 | step therapy. | |
| 16 | 16 | ||
| 17 | 17 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: | |
| 18 | 18 | SECTION 1. The commissioner of commerce and insurance shall use existing | |
| 19 | 19 | departmental resources to conduct a study on the ease of access for patients and prescribing | |
| 20 | 20 | practitioners to insurers' online processes to request step therapy exceptions pursuant to § 56- | |
| 21 | 21 | 7-3502(a). The purpose of the study is to determine whether insurers in this state are | |
| 22 | 22 | complying with the requirement of § 56-7-3502(a) in a manner that is easily accessible by the | |
| 23 | 23 | average patient or prescribing practitioner and does not impose any unnecessary barriers to | |
| 24 | 24 | making an exception request. The commissioner shall deliver the commissioner's findings from | |
| 25 | 25 | the study and any legislative recommendations to the chief clerk of the senate, the chief clerk of | |
| 26 | 26 | the house of representatives, and the legislative librarian no later than December 15, 2025. The | |
| 27 | 27 | commissioner may deliver such findings and recommendations by electronic means. | |
| 28 | 28 | SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. |