{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-549.0259","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 549.0259","heading":"APPLICABILITY OF PRIOR AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS TO PRIOR PRESCRIPTIONS.","body":"The commission shall ensure that a prescription drug prescribed before implementation of a prior authorization requirement for that drug for a recipient or enrollee under Medicaid, the child health plan program, or another state program the commission or a health and human services agency administers, or for an individual who becomes eligible under Medicaid, the child health plan program, or another state program the commission or a health and human services agency administers, is not subject to any prior authorization requirement under this subchapter until the earlier of:\n(1) the date the recipient or enrollee exhausts all the prescription, including any authorized refills; or\n(2) the expiration of a period the commission prescribes.\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 F. PRIOR AUTHORIZATION FOR CERTAIN DRUGS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.549.htm#549.0259","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"6b4bda3d06b9e5952d54d63e3af5d62bdd31828ec2489f8f096c65448e17fe63","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-549.0258","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-549.0260"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}