§346-352  Preauthorization exemption for
certain physicians and physician assistants.  [Repeal and reenactment on
July 1, 2013.  L 2007, c 92, §5.]  Any physician or physician assistant
licensed in this State who treats a medicaid recipient patient suffering from
the human immunodeficiency virus, acquired immune deficiency syndrome, or
hepatitis C, or who is a patient in need of transplant immunosuppressives, may
prescribe any medications approved by the United States Food and Drug
Administration and that are eligible pursuant to the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Rebates Act and necessary to treat the condition, without having
to comply with the requirements of any preauthorization procedure established
by any other provision of this chapter. [L 2005, c 241, pt of §1; am L 2007, c
92, §2; am L 2009, c 151, §16]



 



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  Immunosuppressant medication economic impact assessment
(report to 2010 to 2012 legislatures).  L 2007, c 92, §3.