No Red Tape For Addiction Treatment Act

This bill would require each state Medicaid program to cover at least one form of each medication used to treat opioid use disorder without requiring prior authorization or setting dosage limits. If a long-lasting injectable form of a medication is available, it must be among the forms covered this way. States could still set up drug formularies under existing federal rules. The requirement would take effect one year after the bill becomes law, with extra time for states that need to pass their own laws. The bill also directs the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission to report to Congress within one year on how states limit or manage access to these treatments.

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Sponsors

• Margaret Wood Hassan Democrat sponsor
• 1 cosponsors