Amendment No. 459

 

Assembly Amendment to Assembly Bill No. 430                                                                (BDR 38‑984)

Proposed by: Committee on Health and Human Services

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Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends:         Summary:              Title:              Preamble:               Joint Sponsorship:

 

ASSEMBLY ACTION              Initial and Date              |SENATE ACTION                        Initial and Date

       Adopted       Lost                                               |          Adopted       Lost                                           

Concurred In                     Not                                                        |Concurred In  Not                                 

       Receded        Not                                               |         Receded        Not                                           

 

     Amend section 1, page 1, by deleting lines 5 through 10 and inserting:

“access of:

     (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a patient receiving services pursuant to Medicaid to prescription drugs that are prescribed for the treatment of a mental illness of the patient, including, without limitation, prescriptions for atypical and conventional antipsychotic medications and anticonvulsant medications; or

     (b) A patient who is infected with the human immunodeficiency virus who is receiving services pursuant to Medicaid to antiretroviral prescription drugs that are prescribed for the patient.

     2.  The provisions of paragraph (a) of subsection 1 do not apply to prescription antidepressant medications or antianxiety medications.”.

     Amend sec. 2, page 1, line 11, by deleting “2.” and inserting “3.”.

     Amend the title of the bill by deleting the third and fourth lines and inserting:

“access to certain prescription drugs for mental illness provided pursuant to Medicaid and to antiretroviral prescription drugs provided to certain persons; and providing other matters”.

     Amend the summary of the bill to read as follows:

“SUMMARY―Prohibits Department of Human Resources from taking certain actions to restrict access to certain prescription drugs for mental illness provided pursuant to Medicaid and to antiretroviral prescription drugs provided to certain persons pursuant to Medicaid. (BDR 38‑984)”.