Amend CSSB 1952 by adding the following appropriately 
numbered SECTION and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill 
accordingly:
	SECTION __.  (a)  Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government 
Code, is amended by adding Section 531.063 to read as follows:
	Sec. 531.063.  JOINT PURCHASING OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AND 
OTHER MEDICATIONS.  (a)  Notwithstanding any other law, the 
commission and each health and human services agency authorized by 
the commission may enter into an agreement with one or more other 
states for the joint bulk purchasing of prescription drugs and 
other medications to be used in the Medicaid program or another 
government-funded health program in this state.
	(b)  The commission shall adopt procedures applicable to an 
agreement and joint purchase authorized by this section.  The 
procedures must ensure that this state receives:
		(1)  all prescription drugs and other medications 
purchased with money provided by this state; and
		(2)  an equitable share of any price benefits resulting 
from the joint bulk purchase.
	(b)  If before implementing any provision of this section a 
state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a 
federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, 
the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or 
authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the 
waiver or authorization is granted.