Texas § GV.540.0205 - CONTRACT CONSIDERATIONS RELATING TO PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS

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§ GV.540.0205. CONTRACT CONSIDERATIONS RELATING TO PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS

CONTRACT CONSIDERATIONS RELATING TO PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS. In considering approval of a subcontract between a managed care organization and a pharmacy benefit manager to provide Medicaid prescription drug benefits, the commission shall review and consider whether in the preceding three years the pharmacy benefit manager has been: (1) convicted of: (A) an offense involving a material misrepresentation or an act of fraud; or (B) another violation of state or federal criminal law; (2) adjudicated to have committed a breach of contract; or (3) assessed a penalty or fine of $500,000 or more in a state or federal administrative proceeding. Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611 ), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2025.

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