H.R.2077: Restoring the Patient's Voice Act of 2017

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88 (51 Democrats, 37 Republicans)

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Restoring the Patient's Voice Act of 2017 This bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require a group health plan to establish an exception to medication step-therapy protocol in specified cases. A medication step-therapy protocol establishes a specific sequence in which prescription drugs are covered by a group health plan or a health insurance issuer.  To warrant an exception to the protocol, at least one...

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April 6, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
April 6, 2017

Introduced in the House by Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio)

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