Oregon Statutes 414.332 – Policy for Practitioner-Managed Prescription Drug Plan
It is the policy of the State of Oregon that a Practitioner-Managed Prescription Drug Plan will ensure that:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 414.332
- Medical assistance: includes any care or services for any individual who is a patient in a medical institution or any care or services for any individual who has attained 65 years of age or is under 22 years of age, and who is a patient in a private or public institution for mental diseases. See Oregon Statutes 414.025
(1) Oregonians have access to the most effective prescription drugs appropriate for their clinical conditions;
(2) Decisions concerning the clinical effectiveness of prescription drugs are made by licensed health practitioners, are informed by the latest peer-reviewed research and consider the health condition of a patient or characteristics of a patient, including the patient’s gender, race or ethnicity; and
(3) The cost of prescription drugs in the medical assistance program is managed through market competition among pharmaceutical manufacturers by considering, first, the effectiveness and safety of a given drug and, second, any substantial cost differences between drugs within the same therapeutic class. [2001 c.897 § 2; 2009 c.595 § 298b; 2011 c.720 § 137]
See note under 414.330.