Sen. Rosen Introduces Safe Step Act

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., introduced the "Safe Step Act" on March 2, 2023.

S. 652. A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a group health plan or health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan to provide an exceptions process for any medication step therapy protocol, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

The bill is cosponsored by Sens. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyo., Tina Smith, D-Minn., Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, Robert Casey Jr., D-Pa., Tim Kaine, D-Va., Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y.

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SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the "Safe Step Act".

SEC. 2. Required exceptions process for medication step therapy protocols.

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