Medicaid shall provide coverage for medication-assisted treatment prescribed for the treatment of substance use disorders; provided, that medication assisted treatment covered in accordance with this section shall not be subject to:

1. (a)

   1. (1) Utilization control, other than those processes specified by the American Society of Addiction Medicine;
   2. (2) Prior authorization;
   3. (3) Step therapy; or
   4. (4) Lifetime restriction limits.

History

Mar. 13, 2019, D.C. Law 22-242, § 6