Bill Text: TX HB3678 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to implementation of certain cost-saving measures for the Medicaid vendor drug program and child health plan program prescription drug benefits.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-05 - Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm. [HB3678 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB3678-Introduced.html
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By: Brown | H.B. No. 3678 |
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relating to implementation of certain cost-saving measures for the | ||
Medicaid vendor drug program and child health plan program | ||
prescription drug benefits. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 531.0695 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 531.0695. COST-SAVING MEASURES FOR PRESCRIPTION | ||
DRUGS. The commission shall implement: | ||
(1) uniform limits on prescription drugs provided to a | ||
Medicaid recipient, regardless of whether the recipient receives | ||
benefits under a fee-for-service model or a managed care model, | ||
including the primary care case management model; | ||
(2) cost-containment strategies to: | ||
(A) manage prescription drug benefits under the | ||
Medicaid program and the child health plan program; and | ||
(B) where possible, shift from brand name | ||
prescription drug use to generic prescription drug use to achieve a | ||
four percent or greater increase in generic prescription drugs, and | ||
a corresponding decrease in brand name prescription drugs, under | ||
the Medicaid and child health plan programs, as compared to the | ||
state fiscal year ending August 31, 2011; and | ||
(3) program changes to obtain all available | ||
pharmaceutical manufacturer rebates for prescription drugs paid | ||
for under the Medicaid and child health plan programs. | ||
SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act | ||
a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a | ||
federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, | ||
the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or | ||
authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the | ||
waiver or authorization is granted. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |