HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 748        FILED ON: 1/17/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2194

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Natalie M. Higgins

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act authorizing a 90-day supply of medically necessary testosterone therapy medication.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

1/17/2023

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

1/26/2023

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

1/27/2023

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

1/30/2023

Samantha Montaño

15th Suffolk

3/22/2023

Julian Cyr

Cape and Islands

4/28/2023


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 748        FILED ON: 1/17/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2194

By Representative Higgins of Leominster, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2194) of Natalie M. Higgins and others relative to prescriptions for testosterone therapy medications.  Public Health.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2316 OF 2021-2022.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

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An Act authorizing a 90-day supply of medically necessary testosterone therapy medication.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Subsection (d) of section 23 of chapter 94C of the General Laws, as appearing in the  2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “days” in line 19, the  following words:-; and provided, further, that a prescription for medically necessary testosterone  therapy medication may be filled for up to a 90-day supply upon a single filling, and medical  necessity shall be determined by the treating clinician in consultation with the patient and  specifically noted with the written prescription and in the patient’s medical record.