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SB27 Alabama 2022 Session

Updated Jan 10, 2022
SB27 Alabama 2022 Session
Senate Bill
Expired
Current Status
Regular Session 2022
Session
1
Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor
Tom ButlerSenator
Republican
Session
Regular Session 2022
Title
Health care, require health insurer to act on prior authorization request or supplementation to prior authorization request within 72 hours of receipt with regard to prescriptions
Description

This bill would require a health insurer to communicate to a physician or other health care professional with authority to prescribe drugs, within three business days of receiving a request for insurance coverage of a prescription drug benefit, that the request is approved, denied, or requires supplemental documentation.

This bill would also require a health insurer to communicate to a physician or other health care professional with authority to prescribe drugs, regarding the approval or denial of the request, within three business days of receiving sufficient supplemental documentation.

Subjects
Health Care

Bill Actions

S

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Banking and Insurance

Bill Text

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature