‘Resolve, To Review and Make Recommendations on Appropriate Prescribing of Certain Medications for Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder That Are Reimbursed under the MaineCare Program’
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Session - 126th Maine Legislature C "A", Filing Number H-368, Sponsored by
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LR 1156 Item 2 |
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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘Resolve, To Review and Make Recommendations on Appropriate Prescribing of Certain Medications for Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder That Are Reimbursed under the MaineCare Program’
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. Department of Health and Human Services work group. Resolved: That the Commissioner of Health and Human Services shall convene a work group to review and make recommendations on appropriate prescribing of certain medications for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The review must focus on stimulants and other medications with an indication from the United States Department of Health and Human Services, United States Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and on their reimbursement through the MaineCare program.
1. The tasks of the work group include, but are not limited to, the following:
2. The commissioner shall appoint as chair the person who serves as chair of the psychiatric work group of the MaineCare drug utilization review committee. The chair shall appoint the members. The work group must include key state employees, including representatives of the office within the Department of Health and Human Services providing MaineCare services and private sector stakeholders. The chair shall seek members of the public who are interested in the subject matter of the work group and members from the following entities and organizations: Goold Health Systems, the Maine Association of Psychiatric Physicians, the Maine Council on Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the Maine Psychological Association, the Maine Children's Alliance, the Maine Developmental Disabilities Council and the academic detailing advisory committee convened by the Maine Medical Association and the Department of Health and Human Services. The chair shall notify members of the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services of the location, date and time of each meeting so that members may attend voluntarily and without reimbursement. The Department of Health and Human Services shall fund the work of the work group from within existing resources.
3. The Department of Health and Human Services shall report on the findings and recommendations of the work group by January 15, 2014 to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services.’
SUMMARY
This amendment replaces the bill with a resolve and changes the title. The amendment establishes a work group to review the use of certain medications prescribed to children for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and reimbursed through the MaineCare program and to make any recommendations for improvements in access to behavioral health and psychiatric services and for improvements in prescribing practices as determined to be appropriate by the work group. The amendment directs the Department of Health and Human Services to report its findings and recommendations to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services not later than January 15, 2014.