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Senate Bill 646 |
Senate Author: Van de Putte et al. |
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Effective: 6-19-09 |
House Sponsor: Kolkhorst |
Senate Bill 646 amends the Occupations Code to require the Texas State Board of Pharmacy to conduct a study on the license, transfer, use, and sale of prescription information records containing patient-identifiable and practitioner-identifiable information by pharmacy benefit managers, insurers, electronic transmission intermediaries, pharmacies, and other similar entities for the purpose of advertising, marketing, or promoting pharmaceutical products. The bill includes reporting requirements for submission of the results of the study as well as legislative recommendations. The bill creates a civil penalty for an entity that fails to provide information requested by the board for use in the study. The bill's provisions expire October 1, 2010.