HB 721: Step-therapy Protocols
GENERAL BILL by Gonzalez Pittman
Step-therapy Protocols; 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 impacts resulting from act in certain rates that become effective on specified date.
Effective Date: 10/1/2025
Last Action: 3/4/2025 House - 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
Bill Text: PDF
Last Action: 3/4/2025 House - 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
Bill Text: PDF
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 2/19/2025 House • Filed
2/26/2025 House • Referred to Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee
• Referred to Health Care Budget Subcommittee
• Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
• Now in Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee
3/4/2025 House • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
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HB 721, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/19/2025 at 9:17 AM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 264 Step-therapy Protocols Harrell Identical Last Action: 3/4/2025 S Introduced 
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 16 (pdf) 409.912 Cost-effective purchasing of health care. Page 2 (pdf)