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Amend CSHB 2292 as follows:                                                  
	SECTION 2.  Subchapter E, Chapter 431.116, Health and Safety 
Code, is amended by inserting new sections (f), (g), (h) to read as 
follows:
	(f)  Notwithstanding any other state law, pricing 
information that is disclosed by this section shall only be 
provided to the Medicaid Vendor Drug Purchase Program for its sole 
use.  The Medicaid Vendor Drug Purchase Program shall use such 
information only as is necessary for the administration of its drug 
programs, including Medicaid.
	(g)  Notwithstanding any other state law, information 
disclosed by manufacturers or labelers under this section is deemed 
confidential under Chapter 552.101 and otherwise shall not be 
disclosed by the commission or any other state agency in a form that 
discloses the identity of a specific manufacturer or labeler, or 
prices charged by such manufacturers or labelers for a specific 
drug, except to permit the attorney general to enforce this chapter 
of the Human Resources Code under the jurisdiction of the 
commission.
	(h)  Notwithstanding any other state law, the penalties for 
disclosure of confidential information under Chapter 552 will apply 
in full force to disclosure of confidential information under this 
section.