House Approves Formulary Bill on Second Try

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives on Monday voted 101-92 to approve a bill that would mandate adoption of a drug formulary, reviving the measure after it failed in a tie vote on Feb. 6. The Senate approved the bill last October, so Senate Bill 936 by Sen. Donald C. White, R-Indiana, now goes to Gov. Tom Wolf. The bill would require the Department of Labor & Industry to adopt a nationally recognized, evidence-based drug formulary. In effect, that would mean the Official Disability Guidelines formulary published by MCG Health, or the American College of Occupational Medicine formul...