HEALTH/BEHAVIORAL: Prohibits the imposition of prior authorization requirements in Medicaid managed care organizations for certain prescription medications used in treating opioid use disorder (RE DECREASE SG RV See Note)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2019
Committee Review
May 2019
House Passage
May 2019
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 29, 2019
Last action May 20, 2019
Floor votes · House May 15, 2019
How they voted
80–1
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 86
May 15, 2019
D
Democratic31
93% Yea
I
Independent2
100% Yea
R
Republican53
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
9
Key actions
1
Committee
3
Amendments
1
May 20, 2019
Committee
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
upper
May 15, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 1. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 1, 2019
Introduced
Reported with amendments (13-0).
lower
Apr 8, 2019
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
lower
Mar 29, 2019
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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