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Senate moves to pilot preferred drug list for Medicaid after debate on savings and safeguards
Summary
The Senate advanced a substitute version of SB42 to create a pilot preferred drug list (PDL) for Medicaid. Supporters cited multi-state savings and a conservative fiscal estimate; opponents asked for clearer baseline analysis and limits on reinvestment of savings. The Senate read SB42 for the third time (29–0).
The Utah Senate on Feb. 1 advanced Senate Bill 42, a measure to establish a preferred drug list (PDL) pilot for Medicaid, following lengthy floor debate over projected savings, clinical flexibility and oversight.
Sponsor Senator Christiansen argued the Medicaid pharmacy line is growing rapidly and cited examples of large savings in other states. "The price tag for prescription drugs for our Medicaid program is increasing unsustainably," he said,…
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