Sec. 32.0221. TEXAS HEALTH BENEFITS STUDY  


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  • (a) The department shall study the disparity in patient copayments between orally and intravenously administered chemotherapies, the reasons for the disparity, and the patient benefits in establishing copayment parity between oral and infused chemotherapy agents.

    (b) Not later than August 1, 2010, the department shall submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the appropriate standing committees of the legislature a report regarding the results of the study conducted under Subsection (a), together with any recommendation for legislation.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1217 , Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2009.