Tex. Ins. Code § 4151.154 · Subchapter D. PHARMACY BENEFIT PLANS
DISCOUNT HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A pharmacy benefit manager may not require a pharmacist or pharmacy to:
(1) accept or process a claim for prescription drugs under a discount health care program as defined by Section 7001.001 unless the pharmacist or pharmacy agrees in writing to accept or process the claim;
(2) participate in a specified provider network as a condition of processing a claim for prescription drugs under a discount health care program; or
(3) participate in, or process claims under, a discount health care program as a condition of participation in a provider network.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 573 (H.B. 3028), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2015.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.4151.htm
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