| Rule Number: |
14-E05 |
| Title: |
Prescription Monitoring |
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Type:
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Emergency |
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Status:
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Adopted |
| Agency: |
Department of Vermont Health Access, Agency of Human Services
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| Legal Authority: |
3 V.S.A. § 801(b)(11) |
| Summary:
| The proposed rule is necessary to implement changes to the administrative process for Medicaid, in compliance with state law passed during the 2013-2014 Legislative session. Pursuant to Act 195 of the recent Legislative session, this rule requires that Medicaid participating providers, whether licensed in or outside Vermont, who prescribe buprenorphine or a drug containing buprenorphine to a Vermont Medicaid beneficiary to query the Vermont Prescription Monitoring System the first time they prescribe buprenorphine or a drug containing buprenorphine for the patient and at regular intervals thereafter. |
| Persons Affected:
| Medicaid beneficiaries; Medicaid-enrolled providers and out-of-state network providers; Agency of Human Services (including Department of Vermont Health Access, Department of Children and Families, Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living, Department of Health, and Department of Mental Health); Health advocates, including the Office of Health Care Advocate. |
| Economic Impact:
| There is no anticipated economic impact on the people, enterprises and governmental entities potentially affected by the adoption of this rule. |
| Posting date: |
Jul 01,2014 |
| Information for Contact # 1 |
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Level:
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Primary
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| Name: |
Lindsay Parker, Health Program Administrator |
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Agency:
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Department of Vermont Health Access, Agency of Human Services
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| Address: |
312 Hurricane Lane |
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| City: |
Williston |
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| State: |
VT |
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| Zip: |
05495 |
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| Telephone: |
802-879-5639 |
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| Fax: |
802-879-8224 |
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Email: |
lindsay.parker@state.vt.us
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| Website Address: |
http://humanservices.vermont.gov/on-line-rules/dvha
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| Information for Contact # 2 |
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Level:
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Secondary
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| Name: |
Selina Hickman, Director of Policy |
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Agency:
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Department of Vermont Health Access, Agency of Human Services
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| Address: |
312 Hurricane Lane |
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| City: |
Williston |
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| State: |
VT |
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| Zip: |
05495 |
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| Telephone: |
802-879-5939 |
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| Fax: |
802-879-8224 |
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Email: |
selina.hickman@state.vt.us
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