By Maxey H.B. No. 416 77R429 MCK-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to requiring drug wholesalers to provide certain 1-3 information to the Texas Department of Health. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 431, Health and Safety 1-6 Code, is amended by adding Section 431.208 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 431.208. REPORTING OF PURCHASE PRICE. (a) A person 1-8 who engages in the wholesale distribution of drugs in this state 1-9 shall annually file with the department information showing the 1-10 purchase price the distributor pays for each drug the distributor 1-11 sells in this state. 1-12 (b) The department and the attorney general may investigate 1-13 the distributor to determine the accuracy of the information 1-14 provided under Subsection (a). 1-15 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.