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Committee tables bill to ease pharmacy prior‑authorization overrides for sickle‑cell pain meds
2136904 · January 21, 2025
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Summary
A bill to let pharmacists dispense certain opioid prescriptions for sickle‑cell crises without insurer hard overrides was tabled by the committee, 4‑3.
Delegate Waksman presented a bill intended to ease access to short‑term opioid prescriptions for patients with sickle‑cell disease by allowing pharmacists to fill prescriptions without initiating insurer hard overrides when a drug utilization review (DUR) stop is triggered. Waksman said the change was intended for acute pain crises when patients cannot reach a prescriber…
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