Prior authorization not required for medication-assisted therapies in pilot project -- No restrictions on participating pharmacies and pharmacists

project -- No restrictions on participating pharmacies and pharmacists. (1) A prior authorization shall not be required for noncontrolled medication-assisted therapies for community pharmacies as part of the pilot project established in KRS 194A.800. (2) A pharmacy or pharmacist participating in the pilot project established pursuant to KRS 194A.800 shall not be barred, excluded, or have any other mandates, conditions, or restrictions placed on it by any Medicaid managed care organization, or its contracted pharmacy benefit manager, for participation in the pilot program established in KRS 194A.800 or from dispensing medications used in the medication-assisted treatment program.