{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-549.0454","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 549.0454","heading":"GENERIC EQUIVALENT AUTHORIZED.","body":"In rules adopted for the state prescription drug program, the executive commissioner may require that, unless the practitioner's signature on a prescription clearly indicates that the prescription must be dispensed as written, a pharmacist may select a generic equivalent of the prescribed drug.\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 J. STATE PRESCRIPTION DRUG PROGRAM"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.549.htm#549.0454","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"dc1a9e9ed56aba67f93180d491c27b02b0d425783f219120d95aa72803c315dd","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-549.0453","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-549.0455"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}