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Senate advances Preferred Drug List changes; debate centers on prior authorization and fiscal savings
Summary
Senate Bill 87 (Preferred Drug List revisions) was amended on the floor to add a one-year review and then advanced; the Senate recorded 21 yeas, 6 nays and 2 absent and placed the bill on the bottom of the third-reading calendar after extended debate over prior authorization, physician discretion and disputed fiscal savings.
Senate Bill 87, a measure to impose prior-authorization requirements on certain Medicaid prescriptions by adopting a Preferred Drug List (PDL) structure, was debated at length on the Senate floor on Feb. 10, 2009 and advanced after amendment.
Sponsor Senator Christiansen said the amendment (Amendment No. 3) adds a review date after one year and directs the Department of Health to report back to the Executive Appropriations Committee on the program’s performance; the Senate…
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