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Senate Bill 1645 |
Senate Author: Van de Putte |
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Effective: 6-19-09 |
House Sponsor: Hopson |
Senate Bill 1645 requires the Health and Human Services Commission to conduct a feasibility study of establishing separate reimbursement rates under the Medicaid vendor drug program for pharmacies that provide certain pharmacy care management services to patients who are administered specialty pharmacy drugs or any other biologic or therapy that requires complex care. The bill provides requirements relating to the study and requires the commission to report results of the study to the legislature not later than September 1, 2010.
Senate Bill 1645 amends the Health and Safety Code to exempt a state agency or a political subdivision of the state that distributes prescription drugs to certain nonprofit or local health care facilities from provisions relating to wholesale prescription drug distributor's license requirements. The bill authorizes the executive commissioner of the commission to exempt from those provisions specific purchases of prescription drugs by state agencies and political subdivisions under certain conditions.