Tex. Gov't Code § 549.0259

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.

Section 549.0259 - [Effective 4/1/2025] Applicability Of Prior Authorization Requirements To Prior Prescriptions

The commission shall ensure that a prescription drug prescribed before implementation of a prior authorization requirement for that drug for a recipient or enrollee under Medicaid, the child health plan program, or another state program the commission or a health and human services agency administers, or for an individual who becomes eligible under Medicaid, the child health plan program, or another state program the commission or a health and human services agency administers, is not subject to any prior authorization requirement under this subchapter until the earlier of:

(1) the date the recipient or enrollee exhausts all the prescription, including any authorized refills; or

(2) the expiration of a period the commission prescribes. (Gov. Code, Sec. 531.073(c).)

Tex. Gov't. Code § 549.0259

Added by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 769,Sec. 1.01, eff. 4/1/2025.