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Committee advances bill creating medication-assisted treatment grant program, changes Medicaid prior-authorization rules
Summary
The House Human Services Committee reported House Bill 561 as amended, replacing a non-narcotic MAT pilot with a medication-assisted substance use treatment grant program and changing Medicaid prior-authorization rules for certain MAT drugs.
The House Human Services Committee reported House Bill 561 as amended, a measure that replaces earlier pilot-program provisions with a permanent medication-assisted substance use treatment grant program and revises prior-authorization requirements for Medicaid managed care plans.
Ashley, a committee staff member, summarized the bill as amending Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes to repeal provisions establishing a non-narcotic medication-assisted substance…
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