Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 893 amends the Health and Safety Code to require the Health Care Information Council to develop criteria for evaluating drug purchasing cooperatives that purchase drugs on behalf of consumers. The council is required to create an evaluation form for consumers to evaluate the cooperative and to distribute the form to the Texas Department of Health, local health departments, the Texas Department of Insurance, and the office of consumer protection division of the office of the attorney general. The information from the evaluation will be compiled by the council and made available to the public.