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Tex. Ins. Code § 1369.607

DELIVERY OF DRUGS

Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 142 (H.B. 1763), Sec. 1, eff

(a) Except in a case in which the health benefit plan issuer or pharmacy benefit manager makes a credible allegation of fraud against the pharmacist or pharmacy and provides reasonable notice of the allegation and the basis of the allegation to the pharmacist or pharmacy, a health benefit plan issuer or pharmacy benefit manager may not as a condition of a contract with a pharmacist or pharmacy prohibit the pharmacist or pharmacy from:

(1) mailing or delivering a drug to a patient on the patient's request, to the extent permitted by law; or

(2) charging a shipping and handling fee to a patient requesting a prescription be mailed or delivered if the pharmacist or pharmacy discloses to the patient before the delivery:

(A) the fee that will be charged; and

(B) that the fee may not be reimbursable by the health benefit plan issuer or pharmacy benefit manager.

(b) A pharmacist or pharmacy may not charge a health benefit plan issuer or pharmacy benefit manager for the delivery of a prescription drug as described by this section unless the charge is specifically agreed to by the health benefit plan issuer or pharmacy benefit manager.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.