Florida 2024 Regular Session Status: In Committee 1 R cosponsors

HB 491 — Access to Appropriate Medications for Serious Mental Illness

Last action — Died in Select Committee on Health Innovation

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

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.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Died in Select Committee on Health Innovation

  2. 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

  3. Now in Select Committee on Health Innovation

  4. Referred to Health & Human Services Committee

  5. Referred to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee

  6. Referred to Select Committee on Health Innovation

  7. Filed

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 163 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (163)

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 491 do?
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.
Who sponsors HB 491?
HB 491 is sponsored by Gonzalez Pittman, Karen (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 491?
This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track HB 491?
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