Tex. Occ. Code § 562.003 · Subchapter A. PRESCRIPTION AND SUBSTITUTION REQUIREMENTS
DISCLOSURE OF PRICE; PATIENT'S OPTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 943 (H.B. 836), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1007 (H.B. 751), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2015.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.562.htm
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- sha256 986c7199973b4c1c49fafe5070c60fdc69bcaf5fd2d1d3bf0110c27f04db40b6
- Composed by
- 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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