{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-549.0003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 549.0003","heading":"PERIOD OF VALIDITY OF PRESCRIPTIONS UNDER MEDICAID.","body":"(a) This section does not apply to a prescription for a controlled substance, as defined by Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code.\n(b) In the rules and standards governing the vendor drug program, the executive commissioner, to the extent allowed by federal law and laws regulating the writing of prescriptions and dispensing of prescription medications, shall ensure that a prescription written by an authorized health care provider under Medicaid is valid for the lesser of:\n(1) the period for which the prescription is written; or\n(2) one year.\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 549. PROVISION OF DRUGS AND DRUG INFORMATION","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PROVISION OF DRUGS UNDER VENDOR DRUG PROGRAM AND CERTAIN OTHER PROGRAMS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.549.htm#549.0003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"92f6f5cb06087e4fa15eba64b8175a650c80d8e08c72c35dabbfe04d55a14854","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-549.0002","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-549.0004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}