By Maxey H.B. No. 378 74R415 MLR-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to prescription drugs dispensed under the Medicaid 1-3 program. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 32.024, Human Resources Code, is amended 1-6 by adding Subsection (t) to read as follows: 1-7 (t) The Texas Department of Health, in its rules and 1-8 standards governing the vendor drug program, may not limit the 1-9 number of prescriptions that are medically indicated for a person 1-10 by a licensed physician. The Texas Department of Health may limit 1-11 the amount of a drug dispensed to a person at one time but shall 1-12 allow at least a 31-day supply if that amount is medically 1-13 indicated for the person by a licensed physician. 1-14 SECTION 2. If before implementing Section 32.024(t), Human 1-15 Resources Code, as added by this Act, the Texas Department of 1-16 Health determines that a waiver or authorization from a federal 1-17 agency is necessary for implementation, the department shall 1-18 request the waiver or authorization and may delay implementing the 1-19 provisions until the waiver or authorization is granted. 1-20 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995. 1-21 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 1-22 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-23 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-24 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-1 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.