75.983 Limiting Coverage for Psychiatric Drugs:
MSSNY will urge the appropriate state agency and/or State Legislature to prohibit the practice of health insurance companies restricting access to psychiatric drugs by (1) requiring failure of a generic drug prior to permitting coverage for a non-generic drug; (2) limiting doses by number of pills per day; or (3) limiting coverage to certain formulations.
MSSNY also will seek legislation or other appropriate remedies to assure that patients who switch insurance companies be able to continue on their existing chronic drug therapies. (HOD 2008-54; Reaffirmed HOD 2018)
