Colorado Revised Statutes Title 25.5. Health Care Policy and Financing § 25.5-5-422. Medication-assisted treatment--limitations on MCEs--definition

(a) Not impose any prior authorization requirements on any prescription medication approved by the FDA for the treatment of substance use disorders, regardless of the dosage amount;

(b) Not impose any step therapy requirements as a prerequisite to authorizing coverage for a prescription medication approved by the FDA for the treatment of substance use disorders;

(c) Not exclude coverage for any prescription medication approved by the FDA for the treatment of substance use disorders and any associated counseling or wraparound services solely on the grounds that the medications and services were court ordered; and

(d) Set the reimbursement rate for take-home methadone treatment and office-administered methadone treatment at the same rate.