SB 264: Step-therapy Protocols
GENERAL BILL by Harrell
Step-therapy Protocols; Defining the term “serious mental illness”; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to approve drug products for Medicaid recipients for the treatment of serious mental illness without step-therapy prior authorization under certain circumstances; directing the agency to include rate impacts resulting from the act in certain rates that become effective on a specified date, etc.
Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon this act becoming a law, this act shall take effect October 1, 2025
Last Action: 2/19/2025 Senate - Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Last Action: 2/19/2025 Senate - Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 1/15/2025 Senate • Filed
1/29/2025 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
2/10/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 02/18/25, 1:45 pm, 412 Knott Building
2/18/2025 Senate • Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
2/19/2025 Senate • Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
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SB 264, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/15/2025 at 10:27 AM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: Health Policy (Pre-Meeting) 2/17/2025 (pdf)
Health Policy (Post-Meeting) 2/19/2025 (pdf)
Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 721 Step-therapy Protocols Gonzalez Pittman Identical Last Action: 2/19/2025 H Filed 
Committee Votes (1)
Date Committee Result 2/18/2025 1:45 PM Health Policy 9 Yeas - 0 Nays Citations - Statutes (3)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 409.901 Definitions; ss. 409.901-409.920. Page 1 (pdf) 409.910 Responsibility for payments on behalf of Medicaid-eligible persons when other parties are liable. Page 14 (pdf) 409.912 Cost-effective purchasing of health care. Page 2 (pdf)