82R11820 JSC-F
By: Van de Putte S.B. No. 1754
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the closed formulary for workers' compensation
pharmaceutical benefits.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 408.028, Labor Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) The commissioner shall adopt rules allowing the
compounding of any drug formulation that incorporates any drug or
combination of drugs contained in the closed formulary, regardless
of the form in which the drug or drugs are approved in the
formulary, to be eligible for reimbursement if:
(1) a health care practitioner directs that the
compounded drug formulation be dispensed to the patient under a
prescription as an oral, parenteral, rectal, vaginal, buccal,
transdermal, topical, or inhalant medication; and
(2) a commercially available version of the compounded
drug formulation is not available in the form and concentration
prescribed by the health care practitioner.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.