By Chavez H.B. No. 734
77R1785 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 for
1-13 more than three medications has had on Medicaid clients other than
1-14 clients who are 65 years of age or older; and
1-15 (3) the medical effect denial of Medicaid coverage for
1-16 more than four medications has had on Medicaid clients who are 65
1-17 years of age or older.
1-18 SECTION 2. Section 32.024, Human Resources Code, is amended
1-19 by adding Subsection (x) to read as follows:
1-20 (x) In its rules and standards governing the vendor drug
1-21 program, the department may not limit to less than four the number
1-22 of medications prescribed each month to a recipient of prescription
1-23 drug benefits under the medical assistance program who is 65 years
1-24 of age or older.
2-1 SECTION 3. If before implementing any provision of this Act a
2-2 state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a
2-3 federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,
2-4 the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or
2-5 authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the
2-6 waiver or authorization is granted.
2-7 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and
2-8 applies to a person receiving medical assistance on or after that
2-9 date regardless of the date on which the person began receiving
2-10 that medical assistance.