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| 5 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 9 | | relating to information provided by health care providers and |
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| 8 | 10 | | hospitals to certain patients regarding pharmaceutical |
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| 9 | 11 | | manufacturer patient assistance programs for insulin. |
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| 10 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter N, Chapter 531, Government Code, is |
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| 12 | 14 | | amended by adding Section 531.509 to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 15 | | Sec. 531.509. INFORMATION ON PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURER |
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| 14 | 16 | | PATIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR INSULIN. (a) This section applies |
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| 15 | 17 | | to health care providers and hospitals that receive uncompensated |
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| 16 | 18 | | care pool payments from the commission, including: |
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| 17 | 19 | | (1) federally qualified health centers as defined by |
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| 18 | 20 | | 42 U.S.C. Section 1396d(l)(2)(B); |
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| 19 | 21 | | (2) rural health clinics as defined by 42 U.S.C. |
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| 20 | 22 | | Section 1396d(l)(1); and |
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| 21 | 23 | | (3) physician group practices. |
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| 22 | 24 | | (b) A health care provider or hospital to which this section |
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| 23 | 25 | | applies shall provide to patients who have diabetes and require |
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| 24 | 26 | | insulin information regarding the availability of pharmaceutical |
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| 25 | 27 | | manufacturer patient assistance programs, including copay cards, |
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| 26 | 28 | | that may reduce the cost of insulin to the patients. |
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| 27 | 29 | | (c) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules to |
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| 28 | 30 | | implement this section. |
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| 29 | 31 | | SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act |
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| 30 | 32 | | a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a |
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| 31 | 33 | | federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, |
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| 32 | 34 | | the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or |
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| 33 | 35 | | authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the |
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| 34 | 36 | | waiver or authorization is granted. |
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| 35 | 37 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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