This amendment proposes to remove the drug categories of barbiturates, benzodiazepines and smoking cessation drugs from the list of drugs that may be excluded or otherwise restricted from coverage from the state plan effective January 1, 2014 in accordance with the provisions of section 2502 of the Affordable Care Act which amends section 1927(d)(2) of the Social Security Act by removing barbiturates, benzodiazepines and agents used to promote smoking cessation from the list of drugs a state Medicaid program may exclude from coverage or otherwise restrict.
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