Nevada 2017 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 473 — Temporarily provides for the continued inclusion of certain drugs on the list of preferred prescription drugs to be used for the Medicaid program. (BDR 38-977)

Last action — Approved by the Governor. Chapter 350.

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    Passed Assembly
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 27, 2017. Enacted.

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  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

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Bill Text

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(Reprinted with amendments adopted on April 20, 2017) FIRST REPRINT A.B.
Assembly Bill No.
473 ASSEMBLY B ILLN O.
473–Committee on Health and Human Services CHAPTER..........
473–COMMITTEE ON H EALTH AND H UMAN SERVICES (O NB EHALF OF THE O FFICE OF FINANCE IN THEO FFICE OF THE GOVERNOR ) M ARCH 27, 2017 ____________ Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services SUMMARY—Temporarily provides for the continued inclusion of certain drugs on the list of preferred prescription drugs to be used for the Medicaid program.
(BDR 38-977) FISCAL NOTE:
Effect on Local Government:
No.
Effect on the State:
No.
~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;
matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
The Department is also required to establish a list of prescription drugs that must be excluded from any restrictions that are imposed on requires the Department to include certain specified drugs on the list of drugsr excluded from the restrictions.
The Department is also required to establish a list of drugs that are on the list of preferred prescription drugs.
(NRS 422.4025) Before July 1, 2010, the Department was requiredto exclude certainantipsychotimedications, anticonvulsant medications and antidiabetic medications from the restrictions that are imposed on drugs which are on the list of preferred prescription drugs, but the Legislature suspended this requirement for the period from July 1, 2010, to June 30, amended by chapter 382, Statutes of Nevada 2015, 78th Session, p.
Existing law furtheron requires the Department to include certain specified drugs on the list of drugs excluded from the restrictions.
(NRS 422.4025) Before July 1, 2010, the Department was required to exclude certain antipsychotic medications, anticonvulsant medications and antidiabetic medications from the restrictions that are imposed on drugs which are on the list of preferred prescription drugs, but the Legislature suspended this requirement for the period from July 1, 2010, to June 30, amended by chapter 382, Statutes of Nevada 2015, 78th Session, p.
- *AB473_R1* – 2 – THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;
matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
H - *AB473_R1*
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How this bill changes current law

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The bill delays the expiration date of certain provisions governing the list of preferred prescription drugs for the Medicaid program from June 30, 2017, to June 30, 2019.

  • NRS 422.4025

    2017 → 2019

    Extends the deadline for the provisions related to preferred prescription drugs.

Action History

  1. Approved by the Governor. Chapter 350.

  2. Enrolled and delivered to Governor.

  3. In Assembly. To enrollment.

  4. Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.

  5. Read second time.

  6. Placed on Second Reading File.

  7. From committee: Do pass.

  8. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To committee.

  9. In Senate.

  10. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 42, Nays: None.) To Senate.

  11. From committee: Do pass, as amended.

  12. From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint . To committee.

  13. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 424.) Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. To printer.

  14. Placed on Second Reading File.

  15. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.

  16. Notice of eligibility for exemption.

  17. From printer. To committee.

  18. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services. To printer.

Sponsors

  • Health and Human Services · Primary

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 66 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Health and Human Services

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (66)

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AB 473 is sponsored by Health and Human Services.
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