Legislative Session number- 82

Bill Name: SF1836

Requiring the commissioner of human services to implement a medication therapy
management pilot program for medical assistance (MA) enrollees, requiring
medication therapy management to be provided by teams of physicians and
pharmacists working in collaborative practice to help patients use medications
safely and effectively, authorizing the commissioner to enroll participating
pharmacists as medical assistance providers; requiring the commissioner to
establish a medication therapy management advisory committee to advise the
commissioner in the implementation and administration of the program and the
development of eligibility criteria for enrollees and providers and requirements
for collaborative practice agreements, specifying certain membership
requirements; requiring the commissioner to evaluate the cost effectiveness of
the pilot program and the effect of the program on patient outcomes and quality
of care and report to the legislature by a certain date, authorizing a contract
with a vendor to conduct the evaluation (ra)