Amend HB 3286 on third reading by striking the SECTION of the bill repealing Section 531.073(b)(1), Government Code, as added by Floor Amendment No. 1 by Klick, substituting the following appropriately numbered SECTION, and renumbering the SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Section 531.073(b), Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

(b)  The commission shall establish procedures for the prior authorization requirement under the Medicaid vendor drug program to ensure that the requirements of 42 U.S.C. Section 1396r-8(d)(5) and its subsequent amendments are met.  Specifically, the procedures must ensure that:

(1)  [a prior authorization requirement is not imposed for a drug before the drug has been considered at a meeting of the Drug Utilization Review Board under Section 531.0736;

[(2)]  there will be a response to a request for prior authorization by telephone or other telecommunications device within 24 hours after receipt of a request for prior authorization; and

(2) [(3)]  a 72-hour supply of the drug prescribed will be provided in an emergency or if the commission does not provide a response within the time required by Subdivision (2).