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Senate narrowly approves pilot to limit Medicaid preferred drug list to one drug class
Utah Senate · February 28, 2012
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Summary
The Senate passed a second-substitute version of SB 85 authorizing a pilot to limit a preferred drug list to a single drug class (sedative-hypnotics) to control Medicaid costs; the bill passed 17–12 after floor debate and a call of the Senate.
On Feb. 28 the Utah Senate approved second-substitute SB 85, a Medicaid cost-control measure narrowed on the floor to a pilot focused on a single class of medications.
Sen. Christiansen, sponsor of the second substitute, said the revised proposal was intended as a measured test — restricting changes to the…
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