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1	1	H.B. No. 1966
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4	4	AN ACT
5	5	relating to an e-prescribing implementation plan under the Medicaid
6	6	and child health plan programs.
7	7	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	8	SECTION 1. VENDOR DRUG PROGRAM; E-PRESCRIBING. (a) In this
9	9	section:
10	10	(1) "Child health plan program" means the child health
11	11	plan program under Chapter 62, Health and Safety Code.
12	12	(2) "Electronic media" has the meaning assigned by 45
13	13	C.F.R. Section 160.103.
14	14	(3) "E-prescribing" means the transmission using
15	15	electronic media of prescription or prescription-related
16	16	information between a practitioner, pharmacist, pharmacy benefit
17	17	manager, or health plan, either directly or through an
18	18	intermediary, including through a network. The term includes
19	19	two-way transmissions between the point of care and the pharmacist.
20	20	(4) "Medicaid program" means the medical assistance
21	21	program under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code.
22	22	(5) "Pharmacist," "pharmacy," and "practitioner" have
23	23	the meanings assigned by Section 551.003, Occupations Code.
24	24	(6) "Prescription-related information" means
25	25	information regarding eligibility for drug benefits, medication
26	26	history, or related health or drug information for an individual
27	27	who is receiving benefits under the Medicaid program or the child
28	28	health plan program.
29	29	(b) The Health and Human Services Commission shall develop
30	30	an e-prescribing implementation plan under the vendor drug program
31	31	for the Medicaid and child health plan programs designed to improve
32	32	patient safety and standardize electronic prescribing systems used
33	33	in the program. The plan must establish:
34	34	(1) e-prescribing standards with which pharmacists,
35	35	practitioners, pharmacy benefit managers, and health plans that
36	36	transmit, directly or through an intermediary, prescriptions for
37	37	Medicaid program recipients and child health plan program enrollees
38	38	and prescription-related information using electronic media must
39	39	comply; and
40	40	(2) time frames within which pharmacists,
41	41	practitioners, pharmacy benefit managers, and health plans must
42	42	comply with the standards established under Subdivision (1) of this
43	43	subsection.
44	44	(c) Not later than December 1, 2009, the Health and Human
45	45	Services Commission shall submit an initial report to the governor
46	46	and the Legislative Budget Board detailing the e-prescribing
47	47	implementation plan developed under this section. The report must
48	48	include the projected expenditures and cost savings anticipated for
49	49	the plan during the state fiscal year.
50	50	(d) Not later than December 1, 2010, the Health and Human
51	51	Services Commission shall submit a final report to the governor and
52	52	the Legislative Budget Board regarding the e-prescribing
53	53	implementation plan developed under this section. The report must
54	54	include expenditures associated with and cost savings realized from
55	55	the plan.
56	56	SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect
57	57	immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members
58	58	elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas
59	59	Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for
60	60	immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
61	61	______________________________ ______________________________
62	62	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
63	63	I certify that H.B. No. 1966 was passed by the House on May 7,
64	64	2009, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not
65	65	voting.
66	66	______________________________
67	67	Chief Clerk of the House
68	68	I certify that H.B. No. 1966 was passed by the Senate on May
69	69	21, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
70	70	______________________________
71	71	Secretary of the Senate
72	72	APPROVED: _____________________
73	73	Date
74	74	_____________________
75	75	Governor