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2016 SESSION
Cosgrove (Chairman), Black, Barker, Lewis, Suetterlein
Clerk: Patty Lung
Staff: Thomas Stevens, Ryan Brimmer
Date of Meeting: February 2, 2016
Time and Place: Tuesday, 4:00 pm - 3rd Floor East Conf. Room
Revised to add SB 404
Patron: Locke
Medical assistance; health insurance; prescription contraceptives. Requires the State Board of Medical Assistance Services to include in its state plan for medical assistance a provision for the payment of medical assistance for any prescribed drug or device approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for use as a contraceptive and requires such provision to provide payments to dispensers for dispensings of prescription contraceptives intended to last for a 12-month period.
The bill also requires health carriers with health benefit plans that cover prescription contraceptives to reimburse their dispenser for dispensings of prescription contraceptives intended to last for a 12-month period. The requirement on health carries applies to health benefit plans delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed in the Commonwealth on and after July 1, 2016.
Patron: Cosgrove
Nursing facilities; electronic monitoring. Prohibits a nursing facility from refusing a resident's request for electronic monitoring of his room.
Patron: Black
Treatment of a patient for Lyme disease. Provides that when patient chooses to accept treatment in accordance with a clinical practice guideline maintained by the National Guideline Clearinghouse a health care provider will not be subject to health regulatory board investigation or hearing based on the election to follow such clinical practice guideline.