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.

Current Bill Version Posted: 2/19/2025 09:17 AM

• Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  S 264 by Harrell Step-therapy Protocols Last Action: 3/4/2025 S Introduced	Identical

• Citations - Statute (3)

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  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]

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  2/19/2025	H	• Filed
  2/26/2025	H	• 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	H	• 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)