Bill Text: TX SB1346 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to disclosure of state agency contract information regarding administrator services for group health benefit plans.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-15 - Referred to Appropriations [SB1346 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1346-Engrossed.html
| By: Watson, Huffman, Nelson | S.B. No. 1346 | |
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| relating to disclosure of state agency contract information | ||
| regarding administrator services for group health benefit plans. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter H, Chapter 2158, | ||
| Government Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER H. PURCHASE OF PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGER SERVICES OR OF | ||
| ADMINISTRATOR SERVICES FOR GROUP HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 2158.401(b), Government Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (b) This subchapter applies in relation to a state agency | ||
| contract or proposed contract for pharmacy benefit manager services | ||
| or for services as an administrator for a group health benefit plan | ||
| without regard to whether the contract or proposed contract is | ||
| otherwise subject to this subtitle. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 2158.402, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsections (a-1) and | ||
| (d) to read as follows: | ||
| (a) A state agency on request of another state agency shall | ||
| disclose information relating to the amounts charged by: | ||
| (1) a pharmacy benefit manager for pharmacy benefit | ||
| manager services provided under a prescription drug program and | ||
| other requested pricing information related to a contract for | ||
| pharmacy benefit manager services; or | ||
| (2) an administrator of a health benefit plan for | ||
| services provided for a group health benefit plan and other | ||
| requested pricing information related to a contract for | ||
| administrator services for a group health benefit plan. | ||
| (a-1) A state agency shall provide information requested | ||
| under this section not later than the 30th day after the date the | ||
| information is requested. | ||
| (b) Subsection (a) does not require a state agency to | ||
| disclose information the agency is specifically prohibited from | ||
| disclosing under a contract with: | ||
| (1) a pharmacy benefit manager executed before | ||
| September 1, 2009; or | ||
| (2) an administrator for a health benefit plan | ||
| executed before September 1, 2017. | ||
| (d) A contract entered, amended, or extended on or after | ||
| September 1, 2017, may not contain a provision that prohibits a | ||
| state agency from disclosing under this subchapter information on | ||
| the amounts charged by an administrator for a health benefit plan | ||
| for services provided for a group health benefit plan or from | ||
| disclosing under this subchapter other pricing information related | ||
| to the contract. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
