SB 5577: Concerning medicaid coverage for HIV antiviral drugs.
Signed into law: Chapter 11, Laws of 2025
- Sponsor
- Liias
- Introduced
- January 29, 2025
- Status
- C 11 L 25
- Last action
- Effective date 7/27/2025. (April 4, 2025)
- As of
- October 16, 2026, 5:15 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Requires the Health Care Authority to provide coverage to enrollees in medical assistance programs for all HIV antiviral drugs approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration without prior authorization or step therapy.
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 27, 202594 yea · 0 nay · 4 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 28, 202548 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting
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