By Maxey H.B. No. 703
77R440 CLG-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to prescription drug coverage under the state Medicaid
1-3 program.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 531.0214(d), Government Code, is amended
1-6 to read as follows:
1-7 (d) The commission shall develop the database system in a
1-8 manner that will enable a complete analysis of the use of
1-9 prescription medications[, including information relating to:]
1-10 [(1) Medicaid clients for whom more than three
1-11 medications have been prescribed; and]
1-12 [(2) the medical effect denial of Medicaid coverage
1-13 for more than three medications has had on Medicaid clients].
1-14 SECTION 2. Section 32.024, Human Resources Code, is amended
1-15 by adding Subsection (x) to read as follows:
1-16 (x) In its rules and standards governing the vendor drug
1-17 program, the department may not limit benefits for the number of
1-18 medications prescribed to a recipient of prescription drug benefits
1-19 under the medical assistance program.
1-20 SECTION 3. If before implementing any provision of this Act a
1-21 state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a
1-22 federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,
1-23 the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or
1-24 authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the
2-1 waiver or authorization is granted.
2-2 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and
2-3 applies to a person receiving medical assistance on or after that
2-4 date regardless of the date on which the person began receiving
2-5 that medical assistance.