Jessie Danielson voted Yea (Conference Report Vote) on this Legislation.
Title: Appropriates Funds for Epipens and Auto-Injectors
Signed by Governor Jared Polis
Title: Appropriates Funds for Epipens and Auto-Injectors
Vote to adopt a conference report vote and pass a bill that appropriates funds for epipens and auto-injectors.
Requires health coverage carriers on or after January 1, 2024, who provide coverage for epinephrine auto-injectors, charge no more than 60 dollars for a 2 pack of epinephrine auto-injectors regardless of the amount or type of epinephrine auto-injectors needed to fill the prescription (Sec. 2).
Establishes the epinephrine auto-injectors affordability program to provide low-cost epinephrine auto-injectors to anyone who (Sec. 3):
Demonstrates proof of Colorado Residency;
Demonstrates ineligibility for assistance provided through certain sections of The Colorado Medical Assistance Act, The Federal Health Insurance for the Aged Act, or the Federal Social Security Act;
Has a valid epinephrine auto-injectors prescription; and
Unenrolled in prescription drug coverage that limits enrollee’s required payment for a 2 pack of epinephrine auto-injectors to 60 dollars or less.
Authorizes pharmacies to collect copayments of 60 dollars or less per each 2 pack of epinephrine auto-injectors to cover epinephrine auto-injectors processing and dispensing costs (Sec. 3).
Specifies a pharmacy may submit an electronic claim for reimbursement if the epinephrine auto-injectors manufacturer does not send an epinephrine auto-injectors replacement supply of the same number to the pharmacy (Sec. 3).
Requires the manufacturer to reimburse the pharmacy within 30 days of receiving the electronic claim through (Sec. 3):
An amount that the pharmacy paid for the number of epinephrine auto-injectors through the program; or
A replacement supply of epinephrine auto-injectors equal to the amount dispensed through the program.
Title: Appropriates Funds for Epipens and Auto-Injectors
Vote to adopt a conference report vote and pass a bill that appropriates funds for epipens and auto-injectors.
Requires health coverage carriers on or after January 1, 2024, who provide coverage for epinephrine auto-injectors, charge no more than 60 dollars for a 2 pack of epinephrine auto-injectors regardless of the amount or type of epinephrine auto-injectors needed to fill the prescription (Sec. 2).
Establishes the epinephrine auto-injectors affordability program to provide low-cost epinephrine auto-injectors to anyone who (Sec. 3):
Demonstrates proof of Colorado Residency;
Demonstrates ineligibility for assistance provided through certain sections of The Colorado Medical Assistance Act, The Federal Health Insurance for the Aged Act, or the Federal Social Security Act;
Has a valid epinephrine auto-injectors prescription; and
Unenrolled in prescription drug coverage that limits enrollee’s required payment for a 2 pack of epinephrine auto-injectors to 60 dollars or less.
Authorizes pharmacies to collect copayments of 60 dollars or less per each 2 pack of epinephrine auto-injectors to cover epinephrine auto-injectors processing and dispensing costs (Sec. 3).
Specifies a pharmacy may submit an electronic claim for reimbursement if the epinephrine auto-injectors manufacturer does not send an epinephrine auto-injectors replacement supply of the same number to the pharmacy (Sec. 3).
Requires the manufacturer to reimburse the pharmacy within 30 days of receiving the electronic claim through (Sec. 3):
An amount that the pharmacy paid for the number of epinephrine auto-injectors through the program; or
A replacement supply of epinephrine auto-injectors equal to the amount dispensed through the program.
Title: Appropriates Funds for Epipens and Auto-Injectors
Title: Appropriates Funds for Epipens and Auto-Injectors
Title: Appropriates Funds for Epipens and Auto-Injectors
Title: Appropriates Funds for Epipens and Auto-Injectors