Bill Text: IA HF623 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to prior authorization for medication-assisted treatment under the Medicaid program. (Formerly HSB 200.) Effective 7-1-19.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-01 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 1082. [HF623 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF623-Enrolled.html
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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
PRIOR
AUTHORIZATION
FOR
MEDICATION-ASSISTED
TREATMENT
UNDER
THE
MEDICAID
PROGRAM.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
MEDICATION-ASSISTED
TREATMENT
——
MEDICAID
——
PRIOR
AUTHORIZATION.
1.
The
department
of
human
services
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
to
require
that
under
both
Medicaid
fee-for-service
and
managed
care
administration,
at
least
one
form
of
medication-assisted
treatment
approved
by
the
United
States
food
and
drug
administration
for
treatment
of
substance
use
disorder,
in
each
of
the
following
categories,
is
available
to
Medicaid
members
without
prior
authorization:
a.
Methadone.
b.
Buprenorphine.
c.
Naloxone.
d.
Buprenorphine
and
naloxone
combination.
e.
Naltrexone.
House
File
623,
p.
2
2.
For
the
purpose
of
this
section,
“medication-assisted
treatment”
means
the
medically
monitored
use
of
certain
substance
use
disorder
medications
in
combination
with
treatment
services.
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
CHARLES
SCHNEIDER
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
623,
Eighty-eighth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
CARMINE
BOAL
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2019
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
