Tex. Ins. Code § 1369.607 · Subchapter M. CONTRACTS WITH PHARMACISTS AND PHARMACIES
DELIVERY OF DRUGS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except in a case in which the health benefit plan issuer or pharmacy benefit manager makes a credible allegation of fraud against the pharmacist or pharmacy and provides reasonable notice of the allegation and the basis of the allegation to the pharmacist or pharmacy, a health benefit plan issuer or pharmacy benefit manager may not as a condition of a contract with a pharmacist or pharmacy prohibit the pharmacist or pharmacy from:
(1) mailing or delivering a drug to a patient on the patient's request, to the extent permitted by law; or
(2) charging a shipping and handling fee to a patient requesting a prescription be mailed or delivered if the pharmacist or pharmacy discloses to the patient before the delivery:
(A) the fee that will be charged; and
(B) that the fee may not be reimbursable by the health benefit plan issuer or pharmacy benefit manager.
(b) A pharmacist or pharmacy may not charge a health benefit plan issuer or pharmacy benefit manager for the delivery of a prescription drug as described by this section unless the charge is specifically agreed to by the health benefit plan issuer or pharmacy benefit manager.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 142 (H.B. 1763), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.
Redesignated from Insurance Code, Section 1369.557 by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 768 (H.B. 4595), Sec. 24.001(27), eff. September 1, 2023.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1369.htm
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