HB0140 • 2005

Medicaid-prescription amendment.

AN ACT relating to the Wyoming Medical Assistance and Services Act; providing for certain drug prescriptions; and providing for an effective date.

Inactive

Wyoming marks this bill as inactive, which usually means it is no longer moving in the current session.

Sponsor: Representative Meuli
Last action: 2005-03-02
Official status: inactive
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

2005-03-02 House
H Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 4-3(b)
2005-01-12 House
H Introduced and Referred to H10; No Report Prior to CoW Cutoff
2005-01-11 House
H Received for Introduction
2005-01-10 LSO
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Current Bill Text

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WORKING DRAFT
2005
STATE OF WYOMING
05LSO-0175

HOUSE BILL
NO.
HB0140

Medicaid-prescription amendment.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Meuli and Senator(s) Barrasso

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to the Wyoming Medical Assistance and Services Act; providing for certain drug prescriptions; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.
W.S. 42
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104 by creating a new subsection (e) is amended to read:

42
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104.

Powers and duties of department of health.

(e)

Notwithstanding any programs the department may implement requiring the use of prior authorization or a preferred drug list, the department shall pay for any drug prescribed by a prescribing practitioner if the prescribing practitioner has written "brand medically necessary" on the face of the prescription when the drug is for a qualified recipient of medical assistance under this chapter.

Section 2.

This act is effective July 1, 2005.

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