74th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2007 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
 { +  braces and plus signs + } .
 
LC 537
 
                           A-Engrossed
 
                         Senate Bill 160
                  Ordered by the Senate April 2
            Including Senate Amendments dated April 2
 
Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the
  President of the Senate in conformance with presession filing
  rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part
  of the President (at the request of Governor Theodore R.
  Kulongoski for Department of Human Services)
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure.
 
  Permits Department of Human Services to require prescribing
practitioner to request prior authorization of payment for
medically appropriate drugs not listed on Practitioner-Managed
Prescription Drug Plan drug list. { +  Provides that allowance
does not apply to drugs considered to be antipsychotic
medications. + }
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to prior authorization requirement by Department of
  Human Services for payment for drugs not listed on
  Practitioner-Managed Prescription Drug Plan drug list; amending
  ORS 414.336.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 414.336 is amended to read:
  414.336.  { + (1) + } The Department of Human Services may
 { - not adopt or amend any rule that requires - }  { +
require + } a prescribing practitioner to contact the department
to request   { - an exception - }  { +  prior authorization + }
 { + of payment + } for a medically appropriate   { - or
medically necessary - }  drug that is not listed on the
Practitioner-Managed Prescription Drug Plan drug list for that
class of drugs adopted under ORS 414.334  { - , unless otherwise
authorized by enabling legislation setting forth the requirement
for prior authorization - } .
   { +  (2) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to
drugs that are considered to be antipsychotic medications. + }
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