2025 House Bill 4815

Human services: medical services; coverage for treatment of menopause and perimenopause symptoms and waiver of prior authorization for prescription drugs or treatments for menopause and perimenopause symptoms; require.

A bill to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled “The social welfare act,” by amending section 109h (MCL 400.109h), as amended by 2022 PA 19, and by adding section 109t.

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House Bill No. 4815 amends Michigan's Social Welfare Act to eliminate prior authorization and step therapy requirements for a range of prescription drugs, including those for menopause and perimenopause, thereby improving Medicaid beneficiaries' access to essential treatments.

Introduced in the House

Aug. 26, 2025

Introduced by Rep. Morgan Foreman (D-33) and 21 co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Julie Rogers (D-41), Carol Glanville (D-84), Mai Xiong (D-13), Carrie Rheingans (D-47), Matt Longjohn (D-40), Penelope Tsernoglou (D-75), Erin Byrnes (D-15), Emily Dievendorf (D-77), Jennifer Conlin (D-48), Jason Morgan (D-23), Natalie Price (D-6), Julie Brixie (D-73), Stephanie Young (D-16), Helena Scott (D-8), Stephen Wooden (D-81), Denise Mentzer (D-61), Samantha Steckloff (D-19), Laurie Pohutsky (D-17), Regina Weiss (D-5), Kara Hope (D-74) and Nancy Jenkins-Arno (R-34)

Referred to the Committee on Insurance