Formulary Bills Under Consideration in Indiana, Pennsylvania, Nebraska, Massachusetts

A proposal to create a workers’ compensation drug formulary is moving along in the Indiana State House, one of four state legislatures to consider such a bill so far this year. The Indiana Senate Committee on Pensions and Labor voted 7-0 to pass along an amended version of Senate Bill 369 on Wednesday. The committee’s changes freed medical providers from relying on the formulary in emergency situations and reworded the bill’s stance on prior authorization. With the labor committee’s approval of SB 369, the bill has cleared its first hurdle in the Senate...