{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-540.0205","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 540.0205","heading":"CONTRACT CONSIDERATIONS RELATING TO PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS.","body":"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:\n(1) convicted of:\n(A) an offense involving a material misrepresentation or an act of fraud; or\n(B) another violation of state or federal criminal law;\n(2) adjudicated to have committed a breach of contract; or\n(3) assessed a penalty or fine of $500,000 or more in a state or federal administrative proceeding.\nAdded by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2025.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE I. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","CHAPTER 540. MEDICAID MANAGED CARE PROGRAM","SUBCHAPTER E. CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.540.htm#540.0205","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"3fcf703433c48f85a874b6d54fc6cf564404344bed69f7ed084144f6c5aa4f0b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-540.0204","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-540.0206"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}