88R14435 JTZ-D
 
  By: Blanco S.B. No. 2212
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the disclosure by a pharmacy to a patient of certain
  price information for a drug or biological product.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 562.003, Occupations Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 562.003.  DISCLOSURE OF PRICE; PATIENT'S OPTION.  (a)  A
  pharmacy shall disclose to each patient the lowest cost option at
  that pharmacy for the drug or biological product prescribed to the
  patient, including any available discount prescription drug
  programs that result in a lower cost to the patient than the amount
  of the patient's copayment under the patient's prescription drug
  insurance plan.
         (b)  If the price of a drug or biological product to a patient
  is lower than the amount of the patient's copayment under the
  patient's prescription drug insurance plan, the pharmacist shall
  offer the patient the option of paying for the drug or biological
  product at the lower price instead of paying the amount of the
  copayment.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.