2025 SESSION

INTRODUCED

24103030D

SENATE BILL NO. 592

Offered January 10, 2024

Prefiled January 10, 2024

A BILL to direct the Department of Medical Assistance Services to eliminate the requirement that a patient try and fail a drug from the Preferred Drug List/Common Core Formulary before approval of a nonpreferred drug in certain circumstances.

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Patron—Salim

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Referred to Committee on Education and Health

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. That the Department of Medical Assistance Services shall eliminate the requirement that a patient try and fail a drug from the Preferred Drug List/Common Core Formulary in the six months immediately prior to requesting approval of a nonpreferred drug when such patient has previously tried the drug from the Preferred Drug List/Common Core Formulary and experienced harmful side effects.