Utah legislation · 2025 General Session
Utah HB409: Medicaid Pharmacy Amendments
Status: Failed, March 7, 2025
This bill amends provisions related to Medicaid pharmacy benefits.
What the bill says
From the introduced text:
Medicaid Pharmacy Amendments 2025 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Bridger Bolinder Senate Sponsor: Brady Brammer LONG TITLE General Description: This bill amends provisions related to Medicaid pharmacy benefits. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: - requires Medicaid pharmacy benefits to be provided through the fee-for-service Medicaid model. Money Appropriated in this Bill: None Other Special Clauses: None Utah Code Sections Affected: AMENDS: 26B-3-105 , as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2023, Chapter 306 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: Section 1, Section 26B-3-105 is amended to read: 26B-3-105. Medicaid drug program -- Preferred drug list. (1) A Medicaid drug program developed by the department under Subsection 26B-3-104(2)(f) : (a) shall, notwithstanding Subsection 26B-3-104(1)(b) , be based on clinical and cost-related factors which include medical necessity as determined by a provider in accordance with administrative rules established by the Drug Utilization Review Board; (b) may include therapeutic categories of drugs that may be exempted from the drug program; (c) may include placing some drugs, except the drugs described in Subsection (2) , on a preferred drug list: (i) to the extent determined appropriate by the department; and (ii) in the manner described in Subsection (3) for psychotropic drugs; (d) notwithstanding the requirements of Sections 26B-3-302 through 26B-3-309 regarding the Drug Utilization Review Board, and …
Sponsors
- Bolinder, Bridger (R, 29) · primary sponsor
- Brady Brammer (R, 21)
- Nelson Abbott (R, 57)
- Cheryl Acton (R, 38)
- Carl Albrecht (R, 70)
- Bennion, Gay (D)
- Brooks, Walt (R, 75)
- Burton, Jefferson S. (R, 64)
- Chevrier, Kristen (R, 54)
- Tyler Clancy (R, 60)
- Dailey-Provost, Jennifer (D, 22)
- Elison, Joseph (R, 72)
Latest actions
- : House/ filed
- : House/ received from Senate
- : Senate/ to House
- : Senate/ strike enacting clause
- : Senate/ 2nd Reading Calendar to Rules
- : Senate/ placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- : Senate/ committee report favorable
- : Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
- : Senate/ to standing committee
- : LFA/ fiscal note publicly available for HB0391S03
Votes
- Senate/ failed (March 7, 2025): 12 yea, 17 nay, failed
- House/ passed 3rd reading (March 3, 2025): 71 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation (February 25, 2025): 14 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Comm - Amendment Recommendation (February 25, 2025): 14 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Health Care, Medicaid, Health Insurance, Health and Human Services, Pharmaceuticals, Department of Health and Human Services
Common questions
- What is HB409?
- HB409 is a bill in the Utah Legislature (2025 General Session): Medicaid Pharmacy Amendments.
- What does HB409 do?
- This bill amends provisions related to Medicaid pharmacy benefits.
- What is the status of HB409?
- Failed as of March 7, 2025. Latest action: House/ filed (March 6, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB409?
- Bolinder, Bridger (R, 29), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB409?
- On the Utah Legislature website: https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/HB0409.html
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