Bill Text: TX SB1922 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to contract requirements for prescription drug benefits provided by Medicaid managed care organizations and a study regarding Medicaid prior authorization requirements for certain prescription drugs.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-23 - Placed on General State Calendar [SB1922 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1922-Comm_Sub.html
85R28848 JG-D | ||
By: Schwertner | S.B. No. 1922 | |
(Raymond) | ||
Substitute the following for S.B. No. 1922: No. |
|
||
|
||
relating to contract requirements for prescription drug benefits | ||
provided by Medicaid managed care organizations and a study | ||
regarding Medicaid prior authorization requirements for certain | ||
prescription drugs. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 531.073, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (a-3) to read as follows: | ||
(a-3) Once every 10 years, the commission shall conduct a | ||
study to evaluate and determine the classes of prescription drugs | ||
described by Subsection (a-1) for which prior authorizations are | ||
required. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 533.005(a-1), Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a-1) The requirements imposed by Subsections (a)(23)(A), | ||
(B), and (C) do not apply, and may not be enforced, on and after | ||
August 31, 2023 [ |
||
SECTION 3. Not later than September 1, 2018, the Health and | ||
Human Services Commission shall conduct the initial study required | ||
by Section 531.073(a-3), Government Code, as added by this Act. The | ||
commission may not change a prior authorization requirement for a | ||
prescription drug to which that subsection applies until the | ||
commission has completed the study. | ||
SECTION 4. If before implementing any provision of this Act | ||
a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a | ||
federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, | ||
the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or | ||
authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the | ||
waiver or authorization is granted. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |