Bill Text: TX SB299 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the determination of prescription drug reimbursement amounts under the Medicaid vendor drug program.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-13 - Co-author authorized [SB299 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB299-Introduced.html
| 87R2176 JG-F | ||
| By: Hinojosa | S.B. No. 299 | |
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| relating to the determination of prescription drug reimbursement | ||
| amounts under the Medicaid vendor drug program. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 32.0462, Human Resources Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (a-1) In determining the usual and customary price of a | ||
| prescription drug for purposes of determining the reimbursement | ||
| amount for that drug under Subsection (a)(1), the commission shall | ||
| exclude any discount price offered for the prescription drug, | ||
| including a discount offered through a third party discount card or | ||
| a membership discount price. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
