Colorado § 25.5-5-506 - Prescribed drugs - utilization review.
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§ 25.5-5-506. Prescribed drugs - utilization review.
(1) The state department shall develop and implement a drug utilization review process to assure the appropriate utilization of drugs by patients receiving medical assistance in the fee-for-service and primary care physician programs. The review process shall include the monitoring of prescription information and shall address at a minimum underutilization and overutilization of benefit drugs. Periodic reports of findings and recommendations shall be forwarded to the state department.
(2) It is the general assembly's intent that the implementation of a drug utilization review process for the fee-for-service and primary care physician programs will produce savings within the state's medicaid program. The state department, therefore, is authorized to use savings in the medical services premiums appropriations to fund the development and implementation of a drug utilization review process for these programs, as required by subsection (1) of this section. The state department may contract on a contingency basis for the development or implementation of the review process required by subsection (1) of this section.
(3) (a) The state department shall implement drug utilization mechanisms, including, but not limited to, prior authorization, to control costs in the medical assistance program associated with prescribed drugs. The state board shall promulgate a rule that outlines a process in which any interested party may be notified of and comment on the implementation of any prior authorization for a class of prescribed drugs before the class is prior authorized.
(b) Repealed.
Source: L. 2006: Entire article added with relocations, p. 1906, § 7, effective July 1. L. 2016: (3)(b) repealed, (HB 16-1081), ch. 22, p. 51, § 4, effective August 10.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 26-4-408 as it existed prior to 2006.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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