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HB 491: Access to Appropriate Medications for Serious Mental Illness

GENERAL BILL by Gonzalez Pittman

Access to Appropriate Medications for Serious Mental Illness; Requires AHCA to approve drug products for Medicaid recipients for treatment of serious mental illness without step-therapy prior authorization; directs agency to include rate impact of this act in certain program rates that become effective on specified date.

Effective Date: 10/1/2024
Last Action: 3/8/2024 House - Died in Select Committee on Health Innovation
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
11/16/2023 House • Filed
11/30/2023 House • Referred to Select Committee on Health Innovation
• Referred to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
• Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
• Now in Select Committee on Health Innovation
1/9/2024 House • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
3/8/2024 House • Died in Select Committee on Health Innovation