An agency shall be prohibited from developing or employing a dollars-per-quality adjusted life year, or similar measure that discounts the value of a life because of an individual's disability, including age or chronic illness, as a threshold to establish what type of health care is cost-effective or recommended. An agency shall be prohibited from utilizing such adjusted life year, or similar measure, as a threshold to determine coverage, reimbursement, incentive programs or utilization management decisions, whether it comes from within the agency or from any third party. Added by Laws 2020, c. 113, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2020.
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