Tex. Health & Safety Code § 431.4031 · Subchapter N. WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
EXEMPTION FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS FOR CERTAIN WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A wholesale distributor that distributes prescription drugs that are medical gases or a wholesale distributor that is a manufacturer or a third-party logistics provider on behalf of a manufacturer is exempt from Sections 431.404(a)(5) and (6), (b), and (c), 431.4045(2), 431.405, and 431.407.
(b) A state agency or a political subdivision of this state that distributes prescription drugs using federal or state funding to nonprofit health care facilities, local mental health authorities, or local intellectual and developmental disability authorities for distribution to a pharmacy, practitioner, or patient is exempt from Sections 431.405(b), 431.407, 431.412, and 431.413.
(c) The executive commissioner by rule may exempt specific purchases of prescription drugs by state agencies and political subdivisions of this state if the executive commissioner determines that the requirements of this subchapter would result in a substantial cost to the state or a political subdivision of the state.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 282 (H.B. 164), Sec. 3(g), eff. March 1, 2006.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 980 (S.B. 943), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2007.
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1384 (S.B. 1645), Sec. 4, eff. June 19, 2009.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1006, eff. April 2, 2015.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 865 (S.B. 970), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2021.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 30 (H.B. 446), Sec. 6.04, eff. September 1, 2023.
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Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 431.404LICENSE APPLICATION.Printed as Sections 431.404(a)(5)
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 431.405QUALIFICATIONS FOR LICENSE.Printed as Sections 431.405(b), 431.407, 431.412, and 431.413
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 431.407CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION.Printed as Sections 431.405(b), 431.407, 431.412, and 431.413
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 431.412PEDIGREE REQUIRED.Printed as Sections 431.405(b), 431.407, 431.412, and 431.413
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 431.413PEDIGREE CONTENTS.Printed as Sections 431.405(b), 431.407, 431.412, and 431.413
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