Tex. Health & Safety Code § 444.003 · Chapter 444. WHOLESALE PRESCRIPTION DRUG IMPORTATION PROGRAM
ELIGIBLE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A prescription drug may be imported into this state under the program only if the drug:
(1) meets the United States Food and Drug Administration's standards related to prescription drug safety, effectiveness, misbranding, and adulteration;
(2) does not violate any federal patent laws through its importation;
(3) is expected to generate cost savings for consumers; and
(4) is not:
(A) listed as a controlled substance under state or federal law;
(B) a biological product;
(C) an infused drug;
(D) an intravenously injected drug;
(E) a drug that is inhaled during surgery; or
(F) a parenteral drug.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 655 (H.B. 25), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.444.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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