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         P.O. BOX 145030 . SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84114-5030 . (801) 538-1029         January 25, 2008

Mr. Speaker:

    The Health and Human Services Committee reports a favorable recommendation on H.B. 258, MEDICAID DRUG UTILIZATION AMENDMENTS, by Representative R. Lockhart, with the following amendments:

1.    Page 3, Lines 65 through 68 :    

             65          (c)

{   Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection 58-17b-606 (4), the state Medicaid

             66      drug program may not require the substitution of a generic equivalent for an
             67      immunosuppressive drug without written or oral consent from the health care provider and the
             68      patient   }
  The state Medicaid program shall reimburse for a prescription for an immunosuppressive drug as written by the health care provider for a patient who has undergone an organ transplant. For purposes of Subsection 58-17b-606(4), and with respect to patients who have undergone an organ transplant, the prescription for a particular immunosuppressive drug as written by a health care provider meets the criteria of demonstrating to the Department of Health a medical necessity for dispensing the prescribed immunosupresssive drug       .


    Respectfully,

    Paul Ray
    Committee Chair

Voting: 7-0-1
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