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Read. Follow. Verify.Michigan Bill SB 717 Requires Medicaid Coverage and Exemptions for Menopause and Perimenopause Treatments
Last action · December 2, 2025: REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH POLICYSponsors: Sylvia Santana and 2 others
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What This Bill Would Do
Senate Bill 717 requires Michigan's medical assistance program and health maintenance organizations to cover medically necessary menopause and perimenopause care, including hormone replacement therapy, and prohibits or protocols for these treatments.
- Senate Bill 717 amends Michigan's Social Welfare Act of 1939, which governs the state's medical assistance and Medicaid programs. context
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Medicaid beneficiaries
Enrollees gain guaranteed medical coverage and freedom from prior authorization and step therapy when seeking treatment for menopause and perimenopause symptoms.
health maintenance organizations
HMOs contracting with the department must comply with the mandated coverage and restrictions on prior authorization and step therapy for menopause treatments.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
Does this bill eliminate prior authorization for all medications?
What is step therapy under this legislation?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
2 actions- Dec 2, 2025SenateCommitteeREFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH POLICY
- Dec 2, 2025SenateIntroducedINTRODUCED BY SENATOR SYLVIA SANTANA
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Expansion of Prior Authorization Exemptions
The bill adds menopause and perimenopause treatments to an existing group of protected drug classes (such as HIV, cancer, and epilepsy drugs) that are exempt from Medicaid prior authorization.
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