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AZ HB2674

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/27/2025

Primary Sponsor

Walter Blackman

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session (2025)

AI Summary

  • Prohibits the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) and its contractors from requiring preauthorization or step edit requirements for FDA-approved opioid use disorder medications, effective October 1, 2026.
  • Applies to all forms and formulations of medications used to treat opioid use disorder.
  • Removes barriers to accessing addiction treatment medications by eliminating prior authorization delays and step therapy protocols.

Legislative Description

Preauthorization prohibition; addiction medications

Public Health And Safety - Title 36

Last Action

House read second time

1/28/2025

Committee Referrals

Rules1/27/2025
Health and Human Services1/27/2025

Full Bill Text

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