H 2447

HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1502  FILED ON: 1/15/2025
 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2447
  The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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  PRESENTED BY:
  Natalie M. Higgins
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
        Court assembled:
        The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
  An Act authorizing a 90-day supply of medically necessary testosterone therapy medication.
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  PETITION OF:
NAME:  DISTRICT/ADDRESS:  DATE ADDED:
Natalie M. Higgins  4th Worcester  1/15/2025
Lindsay N. Sabadosa  1st Hampshire  1/21/2025
James B. Eldridge  Middlesex and Worcester  2/8/2025
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  HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1502  FILED ON: 1/15/2025
     HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2447
    By Representative Higgins of Leominster, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2447) of
    Natalie M. Higgins, Lindsay N. Sabadosa and James B. Eldridge relative to prescriptions for
    testosterone therapy medications. Public Health.
  [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
  SEE HOUSE, NO. 2194 OF 2023-2024.]
  The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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  In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
  (2025-2026)
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    An Act authorizing a 90-day supply of medically necessary testosterone therapy medication.
  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
    of the same, as follows:
1  Subsection (d) of section 23 of chapter 94C of the General Laws, as appearing in the
2   2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “days” in line 19, the
3   following words:-; and provided, further, that a prescription for medically necessary testosterone
4   therapy medication may be filled for up to a 90-day supply upon a single filling, and medical
5   necessity shall be determined by the treating clinician in consultation with the patient and
6   specifically noted with the written prescription and in the patient’s medical record.
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